Deleting old Update Backups

Hi Brink,

Its independent of Task Scheduler and can be run at anytime.

Steven,

If I remember correctly, does this enhanced Disk Cleanup version only allow you to select items to be cleaned for when you have Disk Cleanup scheduled next to run in Task Scheduler?
 

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Thank you Steven,

It does not seem to do anything after I check the items and click OK. Am I missing something somewhere?

Shawn
 

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Hi Brink,

Yes, you need to open a Administrative Command Prompt before running Cmd.exe /c Cleanmgr /sageset:65535 & Cleanmgr /sagerun:65535

I forgot about UAC interfering with the command when its run manually, I normally use this short-cut for launching the clean-up using the right-click "Run as Admin"...

Steven
 

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Ah, thank you Steven. That's what I was missing. It ran fine through the elevated command prompt. :geek:

You should write up a tutorial for How to Use the Enhanced Disk Cleanup in Vista. ;)


Shawn
 

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Ah, thank you Steven. That's what I was missing. It ran fine through the elevated command prompt. :geek:

You should write up a tutorial for How to Use the Enhanced Disk Cleanup in Vista. ;)


Shawn


lol ok, I will later tonight..:zip:
 

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Did you ever find where you heard about it? I think it was from a Microsoft page since I have a few of these for different parts of the system...

Steven
Honestly? I think it was at the How To Geek - when I was trying to find a better way to run this disk cleanup, before I opted to start using CCleaner.

However, your discussion with Brink about Task Scheduler and running as admin reminded me of another cute little trick.

You can make any shortcut run as admin all the time without ever *asking* you to do so - the trick is to create a task scheduler entry for that shortcut.

Create a new task, under the General tab check Run with highest privileges, under the Actions tab add a new action to run that program, and under Settings tab check Allow task to be run on demand.

Voila! Now you can run the shortcut with elevated privileges *without* getting UAC prompts.
 

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Hi folks: I have no idea what was posted here. I have over 16 + backups on my external drive. I have the comp. set to auto backup once a week.

The question I have (and maybe its answered here but I'm not understanding) is can I delete the old backups from my external drive? Maybe all except the current month?

Thanx!

-frizz
ps. I back up the entire C drive once a month using Acronis. I keep at least 3 months worth of those. The backups above are the ones that are automatically backed to the external by the OS
 
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Hi folks: I have no idea what was posted here. I have over 16 + backups on my external drive. I have the comp. set to auto backup once a week.

The question I have (and maybe its answered here but I'm not understanding) is can I delete the old backups from my external drive? Maybe all except the current month?

Thanx!

-frizz

Hi Frizzie,

I might be wrong but its either delete all or none :(

Checkout this Tutorial for running the http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/158356-extended-disk-cleanup.html?ltr=E

Steven
 

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    Core 2 quad Q6700 2.66 GHz
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    4096 MB PC2-5300 DDR2 SDRAM
    Graphics card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT graphics
    Hard Drives
    720 GB (2x360 GB) 7200 RPM Sata hard drive
    Other Info
    465 GB external personal media drive and lots more including 8 speaker configurable sound system
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