Disk Cleanup

oldtraveler · 27 May 2010

Suddenly my Disk Cleanup will not start using Disk Cleanup.exe. I now have to go to Start>Run>cleanmgr to get it to start and that won't pin to the Start Menu which is where I want it.

Using Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit.

richc46 · 27 May 2010

Welcome to the Forum,

If you type it in search, right click and then pin, does it do the trick?

oldtraveler · 27 May 2010

Yes. I can re-pin it to the start Menu, but it still will not run from there. Once re-pinned I can no longer unpin it. I can only delete the file entirely.

Could that exe file be corrupt? If so, how can I replace it?

richc46 · 27 May 2010

Lets try the easy things first

Go to search type cmd, then do not hit enter. Go to cmd and right click and run as administrator

In the cmd prompt type this >sfc /scannow.

The tell me what happens.

This should replace bad files

oldtraveler · 27 May 2010

Attached is what I get.

gregrocker · 27 May 2010

Remove the period from the command. It opened the help file because it couldn't interpret the command correctly.

Bare Foot Kid · 27 May 2010

gregrocker said:

Remove the period from the command. It opened the help file because it couldn't interpret the command correctly.

Thanks Greg, I was just going to post that.

richc46 · 27 May 2010

Follow Gregs instructions and report back.

Bare Foot Kid · 27 May 2010

There's always this option; have a look at the link below.

Disk Cleanup : Extended

richc46 · 27 May 2010

Bare Foot Kid said:

There's always this option; have a look at the link below.

Disk Cleanup : Extended

Another great tut. One more for the favorites.