Solved Disk Cleanup Question

[Barnabas]

Hi Gang,
When I run Windows Vista's Disk Cleanup program, I get this list of "Files to delete" window listing showing Downloaded Program Files, Temporary Internet Files, Recycle Bin...and one that is really BIG. It reads "Per user queued Windows Error Repo..." I can't expand the window to read it all. The size is 104GB! (as in Gigabytes). There is also a couple of other files with similar names : per user archived Windows Error Repo...
System archived Windows Error Repo..., System queued Windows Error Repo...,

My question is can I delete these files safely so I can reclaim some disk space without messing up anything?

Thanks in advance :D
Barnabas

 

[johngalt]

Yes you can, but then all the errors that you have encountered with Vista (the history) goes away....

 

[Brink]

Hi Barnabas,

With sizes that large, I would hold off before you delete them. This has been a rare bug that will cause you to have to reinstall Vista if you clean these.

See this link below to see if it applies to your Disk Cleanup problem here. If so, then follow the instructions there to fix this before cleaning them.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/175654-disk-cleanup-windows-error-reporting-bug-fix.htmlhttp://www.winhelponline.com/blog/serious-disk-cleanup-problem-caused-by-broken-registration/

Hope this helps,
Shawn

 

[Barnabas]

Thanks Johngalt for your response and Brink...the article link you supplied is great! Good reading and info. I'm just a little "timid" to apply the fix. My system is running really well since install back in June so will hold off on the delete.

Many thanks guys :-)

 

[Brink]

Your welcome Barnabas,

I have used it before without any problems. I see about creating a tutorial on it to make applying it easier to do. I send you a PM when I have it completed and posted.

Shawn

 

[Day24]

I learned that one the hard way.... had to reinstall my vista after deleting those files....

 

[Barnabas]

Brink...as a footnote, I have used Wise Registry Cleaner 3 free version 3.6.4 a few times but have since uninstalled it and now leave the registry alone except for a defrag using Auslogics Registry Defrag. I emailed the author of the article/link you posted above and awaiting a reply. Will keep u posted.

Dave

 

[Brink]

Ok, thanks Dave. I'll be looking forward to hear what you hear.

 

[Brink]

Hey Shawn,
Your tutorial
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/175654-disk-cleanup-windows-error-reporting-bug-fix.html
worked great!

Now my info looks like this:
per user archived 108KB
per user queued 667KB
system archived 6.25KB
system queued 181MB

BIG difference since my original post. Also have not heard back from the author of the article/link you posted so just used your fix. Would it be safe now to "clean up" the above files or should I just leave them?

Thanks Shawn for your help on this :D

Hoping others that run into this issue will check this site for the answers to this and other problems we all encounter.

Peace,
Dave aka Barnabas

Hi Dave,

Your welcome. Yes, it will be safe to clean them now.

Thank you for letting us know your results.

Shawn