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re: disk cleanup caused missing windows files error
Sunday, June 24, 2007 at 9:07 pm
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Posted by Lorraine (1 messages posted)

Brandon, I'm not sure about your dad's problem, but it shouldn't be caused by the Disk cleanup utility in my experience. Did you try running System Restore or, if that didn't work, a repair install of XP? Regarding your McAfee problem, I don't think that your problem with McAfee is related to Disk Cleanup--just a coincidence, but I could be wrong. Did you get McAfee as part of a package with this computer? I was helping a friend with her Dell and without using Disk Cleanup she was getting the same error with her "free" McAfee that was preinstalled. After researching it I found that it was better to ditch the complimentary McAfee and install AVG antivirus which is free for home users (free.grisoft.com). I have another suggestion for Disk Cleanup: skip it entirely and download/install the free utility called CCleaner (ccleaner.com). It allows for a customized cleanup and has other nifty features that you will discover. It also offers to make a backup before deleting any registry files. That said, the suggestions above look helpful if you want to keep using the Windows tool--your choice.

On Tuesday, January 23, 2007 at 5:50 pm, Brandon Prince wrote:
>My Dad was using the XP learning disk and it was showing him how to use disk clean
>up.
>
>I had just used disk clean up 2 weeks ago but I didn't click compress old files.
>He did and got the error windows is missing key files to operate correctly.
>
>Why would disk clean up cause that error? I didn't have the windows disk handy so
>I tried using a restore point.
>
>Only thing I've noticed after this is that my virus scan McAfee after trying to enable
>now says
> " Some components of activeshield are either missing or have not been installed
>properly.
>
>is there anyway now to use the windows disk to restore missing files or did I miss
>my chance when the error came up? I guess a re-install for the virus program I just
>hope it didn't mess any other programs up.
>
>grrr compressing old files seems pointless the space it made wasn’t very much anyway.

Written in response to:: disk cleanup caused missing windows files error (Brandon Prince: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 at 5:50 pm)

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