Make Disk Cleanup Run Faster
WARNING: This tip involves editing the Registry, so only perform these steps IF you feel comfortable making changes to a part of the computer where one wrong move can bring your whole system down.
Performing these steps will disable the "compress files" part of the Windows Clean Up utility:
- Click Start –> Run
- Type: regedit
- Navigate to and expand the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE –> SOFTWARE –> Microsoft –> Windows –> CurrentVersion –> Explorer –> VolumeCaches