Disk Cleanup : Extended

How to Use Extended Disk Cleanup in Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8​

This will show you how to access and run the Extended Disk Cleanup function in Windows, allowing you to clean up more HDD space for you to use.

   Note

This must be done in an elevated command window to complete.

Let's get started!

1) In the Windows 7 start menu search box type "cmd" (without the quotes) right click the entry and select "Run As Administrator" then enter your user credentials for the UAC prompt and click yes to open the command window.


2) In the command window that opens type the command below and hit enter.

Be advised: the command window must be left open while the cleanup is carried out.

%SystemRoot%\System32\Cmd.exe /c Cleanmgr /sageset:65535 & Cleanmgr /sagerun:65535

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3) Now you will see the Disk Cleanup Settings window with more options available to you, select the ones you want to clean up then click ok; wait for the search and then the cleanup and then you're done.



To add a shortcut to the desktop.

   Note

This .bat file was created by CarlTR6 credit for this goes to him!

1) In the Windows start menu search box type "notepad" (without the quotes) right click the entry and choose Run as Administrator then enter your user credentials in the UAC prompt and click yes to open notepad.


2) In notepad type the code below then in the upper left of notepad at File select "Save as" name the file anything you want but it must have the .bat extension then browse to C:/Windows/System32 and click Save, then back at "File" click "Exit" to close notepad.

 cd C:\windows\system32 
%SystemRoot%\System32\Cmd.exe /c Cleanmgr /sageset:65535 & Cleanmgr /sagerun:65535

3) Now click an empty spot on the desktop and click, "New, Shortcut" in the "Create Shortcut" window browse to C:\Windows\System32\<your file name.bat> and click ok, then in the next window click next, then for the last "Choose Name" window name the shortcut whatever you want (I chose something clever, "Clean") then click "Finish" to add the shortcut to the desktop, you're done.





Enjoy!

Related Tutorials

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• Disk Cleanup - Open and Use
• Disk Cleanup - Add or Remove from Drive Properties
• Disk Check
• How to Add Disk Cleanup to Context Menu in Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8
• How to Add "Extended Disk Cleanup" to Desktop Context Menu in Windows 7 and Windows 8
• How Use the Windows 7 SP1 Disk Cleanup Tool to Recover Lost Disk Space
• How to Free Up and Recover Hard Drive Space in Windows 7

 

[Brink]

Pcfan,

Did you get any type of error message or anything after you pasted the command from step 2 into the command prompt and pressed enter, or is it some other part that is not working?

 

[pcfan]

Shawn got it working now>but now I have to press enter as you said>before use to pop-out just after the code was pasted by himself>but is working now men Thank you Guys for your help and fast responses.

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Hello again.





Just to check one more thing; you are opening an elevated command window this way?


How to Open a Elevated Command Prompt in Windows 7

 

[Bill2]

I just ran cleanmgr /? at the command prompt and got this dialog box:

USAGE
cleanmgr [/SAGESET:n | /SAGERUN:n | TUNEUP:n | /LOWDISK | /VERYLOWDISK | /SETUP]

MS documentation is available for the SAGESET and SAGERUN switches but what about the other 3 switches?

 

[Brink]

Shawn got it working now>but now I have to press enter as you said>before use to pop-out just after the code was pasted by himself>but is working now men Thank you Guys for your help and fast responses.

That's great news Pcfan. I'm happy to hear that it's working for you now. Glad we could help.

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Hello pcfan, glad you found a solution and thanks for the update.

 

[fluke123]

Hi guys, I have just tried what you have suggested and I am still recieving the loss of memory issue in my C drive. Is there anything else you could suggest that could help me please ?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Tews]

Loss of Memory, or Disk space .. big difference...

 

[gaz]

Disk Cleanup

I simply pasted the line into Target Window
Click Start
Type Disk in search box the Right click properties
then paste text into target
hit compatibilty tab
then tick run as Admin
Apply

My Bad ,cant tick run as Admin,sorry

 

[cartel]

I still have 640MB of SP1 files after intalling my slipstreamed W7SP1.
I ran your command but it still shows in the regular clean up tool.

 

[Brink]

I still have 640MB of SP1 files after intalling my slipstreamed W7SP1.
I ran your command but it still shows in the regular clean up tool.

Hello Cartel,

Sorry, but you will not be able to delete the SP1 backup files when you installed using a slipstreamed Windows 7 SP1 disc.

See the Warning box at the top of the tutorial for more details on this.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorial...ows-7-sp1-into-installation-dvd-iso-file.html

 

[cartel]

no way hozay?
Can I delete the folder?

BTW this sp is a joke

 

[Brink]

Sorry, but not since it was a slipstream SP1. If you installed Windows 7 and then the SP1 separately, you would have been able to delete the SP1 backup files.

 

[Stefany93]

Thank you, you are great!

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Thank you, you are great!

Hello Stefany, to whom are you referring, Shawn or me? :shock:

 

[Stefany93]

Thank you, you are great!

Hello Stefany, to whom are you referring, Shawn or me? :shock:

Hello Kid, I am refering to you. I am sorry I was rude, I really didn't mean it

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

I didn't think you were rude, I was being silly! :roflmao:

 

[Stefany93]

I didn't think you were rude, I was being silly! :roflmao:

No, I was being silly not to add some reputation to you

 

[TonyJB]

Disk cleanup of huge amounts of lost space

I found 19GB of <Unknown> space in WinDirStat on my external hard drive. It was also showing as 'unmovable files' in Auslogics disk Defrag.

After some investigation I found 2 huge system restore point files hidden in the System Volume Information folder next to the MountPointManagerRemoteDatabase.

None of these can be deleted even with Admin privilege, but the system restore points can be removed in the System section of the control panel -> Control Panel>System>System Protection>Available Drives>(Select Drive) > Configure>Delete all restore points.

Done. 19GB back to me !

You need to turn off system protection to avoid them from coming back.

Hope this helps you save time

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Hello TonyJB, welcome to Seven Forums; thanks for the info!