[Vista] How to free some disk space

Last update on July 29, 2009 11:52 AM by jak58
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[Vista] How to free some disk space








Sometimes when checking your hard disk cappacity, you found that there is not much free space left , even though there are not may program installed.

Vista consumes a lot of disk resources for several reasons:
  • The thumbnails cache
  • The update cache
  • Restore points
  • Cache for installation of service packs



This batch file groups almost all the resource consumming features of Vista:
  • Go to Start> All Programs> Accessories> Notepad
  • Copy this: 

CD\
CD %APPDATA%
CD..
CD LOCAL\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\EXPLORER
DEL *.db
CD\
CD %Windir%
CD SoftwareDistribution
DEL /F /S /Q Download
vsp1cln /quiet /verbose
compcln /quiet
vssadmin resize shadowstorage /On=C: /For=C: /Maxsize=3GB
reg add hklm\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\VSS /v Start /t REG_DWORD /d 3 /f
reg add hklm\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SystemRestore\cfg /v DiskPercent /t REG_DWORD /d 5 /f
  • Go to the File Menu> Save.
  • Change the file type "All Files".
  • Give the file a name that ends with .Bat
  • Confirm and close.



To run the file, you have to right click on it> Run as administrator.

You can also use other cleaning software like CCleaner.

Thanks to fahd_zboot for this tip....
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