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re: Question about 'Clean up your hard disk'
Thursday, July 28, 2005 at 3:27 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by sukiyakieangie
(12 messages posted)
Hi
I have the same problem. I tried the procedure but when I type in regedit in the
run box, I can't find HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VolumeCaches
in there. Is it in another folder? Please help. Thanks.
On Monday, July 18, 2005 at 9:54 am, Bryan Max wrote:
>The directions above left out an important footnote and maybe this will help to
explain
>the procedure a bit better:
>1. Click Start, and then click Run.
>2. Type regedit in the Open box, and then press ENTER.
>3. Locate, and then click the following registry key:
>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VolumeCaches
>4. On the File menu, click Export, and then click Desktop, type VolumeCaches in
the
>File name box, and then click Save.
>
>Note This step creates a backup of the VolumeCaches registry key. If you experience
>any problems after you complete the steps that are listed in this procedure, you
>can use this backup to restore the VolumeCaches key to its original state. To restore
>the key, double-click the VolumeCaches.reg file on your desktop, and then click
Yes.
>5. Expand the following registry key:
>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VolumeCaches
>6. Delete the Compress old files registry key.
>7. Quit Registry Editor.
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