Defrag not working after I uninstalled Norton 360

When I uninstalled Norton 360 my defrag refuses to appear and start. It does not work either when I run as administrator, from the "all programs" menu, when I right-click on the command prompt icon and say "run as admin." Does not run when I right-click the My computer icon, select tools, and defrag. It does not appear or run period. Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Dave

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I agree with Rich that Auslogics makes a more robust defragging program than the limited functionality version provided by Microsoft by default. However, the original defragger should run and if it cannot it may point to other problems afoot. I'd at least try to do a little troubleshooting to rectify the problem.

The program that should run is "windows\system32\dfrgui.exe". I'm assuming the file is still there, because if you clicked on the program link that points to a missing file, you'd get a "file not found" error. So, there may be a dependency (like a dll) this program relies upon that is either missing or compromised.

Just to be sure your core system is OK, I'd follow the SFC scannow tutorial. If this doesn't help, then it may be prudent to roll back to an earlier restore point, before you installed Norton 360, and verify that the defragger is operational.