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Old 03-23-2008   #1 (permalink)
Don


 
 

Disk Cleanup in Vista 64 bit not deleting older restore points?

Hey gang,

I have had this behavior in disk cleanup, both prior to SP1 and after
installing SP1.

Sometimes, when doing disk cleanup, I like to delete older restore points.
When you choose to do disk cleanup for all users, you are given a " more
options" tab, and from there can choose to delete all but the latest restore
point.

However, when I do this, it does not delete any of my older restore points,
they all remain.

Anyone else run across this? I am not sure why it is not doing that, far as
I know I am doing it properly.
I am running Vista Ultimate 64 bit.

Thanks for any feedback here,




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Don




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Old 03-23-2008   #2 (permalink)
Mark L. Ferguson


 
 

Re: Disk Cleanup in Vista 64 bit not deleting older restore points?

My guess would be some permission error. I would try running cleanmgr with
full admin rights. Rightclick a Command Prompt icon, and "run as
administrator', then at the prompt:
start cleanmgr
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"Don" <burnettedclothes@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:

> Hey gang,
>
> I have had this behavior in disk cleanup, both prior to SP1 and after
> installing SP1.
>
> Sometimes, when doing disk cleanup, I like to delete older restore points.
> When you choose to do disk cleanup for all users, you are given a " more
> options" tab, and from there can choose to delete all but the latest
> restore point.
>
> However, when I do this, it does not delete any of my older restore
> points, they all remain.
>
> Anyone else run across this? I am not sure why it is not doing that, far
> as I know I am doing it properly.
> I am running Vista Ultimate 64 bit.
>
> Thanks for any feedback here,
>
>
>
>
> --
> Don
>
>
>
My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 03-23-2008   #3 (permalink)
Don


 
 

Re: Disk Cleanup in Vista 64 bit not deleting older restore points?

Aha, you were absolutely right.
Worked perfectly by doing this, many thanks Mark!




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Don



"Mark L. Ferguson" <MarkLFerguson@xxxxxx> wrote in
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Quote:

> My guess would be some permission error. I would try running cleanmgr with
> full admin rights. Rightclick a Command Prompt icon, and "run as
> administrator', then at the prompt:
> start cleanmgr
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> Was this helpful? Then click the Ratings button. Voting helps the web
> interface.
> http://www.microsoft.com/wn3/locales...eAPostAsAnswer
> Mark L. Ferguson
> .
>
> "Don" <burnettedclothes@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:B5BAE47A-8F67-4F77-B5A1-870A4C892CF2@xxxxxx
Quote:

>> Hey gang,
>>
>> I have had this behavior in disk cleanup, both prior to SP1 and after
>> installing SP1.
>>
>> Sometimes, when doing disk cleanup, I like to delete older restore
>> points.
>> When you choose to do disk cleanup for all users, you are given a " more
>> options" tab, and from there can choose to delete all but the latest
>> restore point.
>>
>> However, when I do this, it does not delete any of my older restore
>> points, they all remain.
>>
>> Anyone else run across this? I am not sure why it is not doing that, far
>> as I know I am doing it properly.
>> I am running Vista Ultimate 64 bit.
>>
>> Thanks for any feedback here,
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Don
>>
>>
>>



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