Turn Disk Defrag Schedule Off

[omidsolo]

Howdy,
There's an article here:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/3292-disk-defragmenter-schedule-turn-off.html

Which is very obvious, actually I need to disable the Disk Defragmenter Schedule CheckBox via registry!
I need help, if anyone knows which registry key to modify.
Just please refrain asking why I wanna use the registry method or show any other method!
Cheers.

 

[ICIT2LOL]

Hello omidsolo mate just go to that tutorial and post a reply Brink will answer your query

PS Don't forget to back up the registry first though if you play in there http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/4230-registry-backup-restore.html

 

[omidsolo]

Thanks dude, done, hope I receive a response

 

[ICIT2LOL]

Yes you will mate he is a very busy fellow being Admin and doing what he does on the 7 8 and now 10 forums which includes a vast number of the tutorials - frankly I don't know how he does what he does

 

[Pyprohly]

I need to disable the Disk Defragmenter Schedule CheckBox via registry!

The answer is not as obvious as you may think. The Disk Defragmenter Schedule checkbox configuration is not saved in the form of a registry key. Rather the setting is determined by the enabled state of a very specific task.

Would you be okay with some PowerShell method instead, Omidsolo?

 

[ICIT2LOL]

Actually Pyprohly has said it in a nutshell and far better than I could have done. Personally playing in the registry is something I think I may have mentioned requires great care and in any case requires a back up before one does anything

 

[Pyprohly]

A VBScript solution.

' ToggleScheduledOptimisation.vbs
' Toggles the on or off state of the Disk Defragmenter Schedule.

Function PromptForElevation()
	If Not CreateObject("WScript.Shell").Run("Net Sess", 0, True) = 0 Then
		CreateObject("Shell.Application").ShellExecute "WScript", """" & WScript.ScriptFullName & """", "", "RunAs", 1
		WScript.Quit
	End If
End Function

PromptForElevation()

Set objScheduleService = CreateObject("Schedule.Service")
objScheduleService.Connect()

Set taskScheduledDefrag = objScheduleService.GetFolder("\Microsoft\Windows\Defrag").GetTask("ScheduledDefrag")

If taskScheduledDefrag.Enabled Then
	taskScheduledDefrag.Enabled = False
Else
	taskScheduledDefrag.Enabled = True
End If

 

[Ztruker]

Actually there is no need to turn off defrag. It will recognize the SSD and not defrag it.

 

[omidsolo]

So, there's no way via registry for sure ?!

 

[Pyprohly]

So, there's no way via registry for sure ?!

Sorry, perhaphs I wasn't clear enough.

Omidsolo, the state of Disk Defrag Schedule is not determined by any registry key or value. There is no "way via registry" because that setting is simply not stored the registry. Period.

The registry stores a lot of settings, there's no denying that, but some things that we call 'settings' aren't alway stored in the registry. They are instead interpreted from the state of things, such as, if a certain file exists, or maybe if a particular process is running, or maybe if a certain task is enabled or disabled which is exactly how the Disk Defrag Schedule checkbox is determined.

Windows does not revolve around the registry, mate.

 

[ICIT2LOL]

I have to agree with Pyprohly and I would also add that I am left wondering why you are relentlessly chasing down something that - a) isn't there and b) if it were there are still far easer ways of disabling the defag.
I don't understand what you quote as a need to change a registry setting for this action.