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As many of you are aware Windows 7 has it's own Disk Cleaner for cleaning stuff like temporary files.
This little app can be found via the Start menu although a much better version can be found via 'cmd prompt'. (see screen shot).

To set up the advanced cleaner right click on cmd prompt and 'run as admin'.
Then type:

cleanmgr/sageset:1

Hit enter and the Disk Cleanup box will appear although you'll notice that it has many more check boxes than the default one. Once the boxes have been ticked close the cleaner by clicking ok.
Once set up the cleaner can be run at anytime with this command:

cleanmgr/sagerun:1

Hit enter to set the cleaner in motion. You'll then see it run through the process much like the default cleaner does.

Happy Cleaning!
 

squirtmph

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WoW Thes post Can Help many ppl like my self.
 

John Hanson

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hi,

can anyone please clear it to me what is the difference between disk cleanup and disk defragmentation???

Disk defragmenter rearranges your files for optimized performance, disk cleaner removes unneeded files.

So run disk cleaner first, then run disk defragmenter..... :)
 

Drew

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And Defrag runs wkly automatically, by default. Cleaning is up to the End User although, can be automated via Task Scheduler. Clean-up is further conducted on a regular basis via Internet Options and CCleaner.

Cheers,
Drew
An image from 'Advanced Disk Cleanup'. Windows 8.1 logo with blue window panes and text below.
 

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