Smal Computer Problem

[SxyTidBit]

I did all I could do without my IT guys input. Our server is going to be updated to have more space but that won't help much. Oh well. Freecell is still down. I think it just needs to be reinstalled. So is Solataire and Hearts. Minesweeper is still blowing up though.

Anyway thanks again for all the wonderful assistance. I printed it our for future reference.

[wyvrn]

Copy the bolded text into notepad (start | run | notepad <enter>)

@echo off
deltree /y c:\windows\tempor~1\*.*
deltree /y c:\windows\cookies\*.*
deltree /y c:\windows\history\*.*

deltree /y c:\windows\temp\*.*

deltree /y c:\temp\*.*

Save the file as "cleanup" to your C: drive. Rename it to .bat. What this means is the file is called cleanup.txt, just change last three letters to bat instead of txt.

Then, go to Start | Find | Files and folders and do a search for "autoexec.bat" (always without quotes). When you find it, right click and choose edit. You will see Notepad open once again. Do not delete any lines of text here. Enter to add blank line at top, and type "call c:\cleanup.bat" and go to File and choose Save. Close Find files.

What you have just done is created a batch file that will remove temporary internet files, cookies, temp files, and IE history before Windows has loaded, so Windows cannot lock any of these files. This will happen every time you reboot, so if you want IE to remember your history and cookies afterwards, make sure to go back to "autoexec.bat" and remove the line you typed: "call c:\cleanup.bat", which will deactivate this batch file you just created.

This seems complicated, but it is not, and it may help cleanup a lot of space since you cannot seem to do it from Windows. I would also run a scandisk to see if you have file corruption, then do a defragment.