In the elevated command prompt, you can perform an analysis for a specific volume. This command will analyze the fragmentation status of your C drive on the hard disk. Note that replace the c with the drive that you want to analyze. Step 3. Then the command will run the defragmentation operation on your C drive.
In addition to the Windows built-in tools, you can use third-party defragment software like CCleaner Defraggler, Auslogics Disk Defrag, and so forth.
Windows will recreate these keys after you delete them. Here make sure that you back up the registry or create a system restore point in case anything goes wrong. In the Registry Editor window, locate the following path via the left navigation bar. Select all subkeys under the Statistics key and reboot your computer. Safe Mode enables users to run with only default settings and drivers, which can minimize the software conflicts and help fix the defrag issue.
How to turn off low disk space warning Windows 10? I set it to Auto and all is well. Thanks, the inf fix worked for me W2K. For Win9x versions: Download and try a program called powerdefrag: www. Make sure you run the scandisk option also-surface scan. Gary P. RS Went by the suggestion by Mike to run dcomcnfg. Do you wish to record it? Hit yes, and the same problem existed for a couple other programs. Hit yes to all of them, and tried again Still didn't work :- But I'm still working on it I am an Administrator, and all the permissions look ok from what I can tell via Component Services.
I haven't tried a full chkdsk, so I'll do that now, but I'm not too optomistic. For those getting "Return code was: 0x" when doing "regsvr32 dfrgsnap. P Smith. Hello, I used a 3rd party registry cleaner and now I cannot use disk deframenter or disk clean up. When I press "y" and restart my computer nothing happens. I tried all of the advise on this page to no avail, including reinstalling windows xp sp2. I need to defrag. Jill Mertinke. Just to let you knowI got my disk defrag repaired.
No help needed at this time. Still Not Working? Thanks for posting this valuable information on restoring the defrag function. I really appreciate the help I thought I was going to have to install Windows all over again from square one!! Thank you once again and God Bless!! My Problem: when pressing the analyze button defrag did nothing.
Tried all of the above with no luck, so I Renamed all of the following files with the extension. When I push analyze it actually works!! Thanks Ron. It turns out my problem was simple and the solution was simple. Apparently that's why I couldn't see it. Cant say thank you enough!!! Diskkeepr just needs us to buy it, so much it will destroy your system in the process Thanks v much. Steve S. I posted once before about my disk defragmenter not working.
Now, out of the blue I get this message at Startup, "Autochk program not found -- skipping autochk. I wonder if anyone knows how this happened and what I can do to repair it. Thank you to John B for this useful information just in case I ever need to utilize it, which I've bookmarked.
I currently use Diskeeper Lite. Have done for 3 years because it's faster than Windows built in defrag application. There is another quite new Freeware defragmenter out now called AusLogics Disk defrag that gets really into the heart of the hard disc to do its sorting. There's no harm in having two installed on your computer as I've never had any drawbacks. F Wells. Great tips! Clear and concise. My Disk Defragmenter stopped working and your instructions brought it back to life.
I believe something was messed up with a registry cleanup performed by RegSeeker. So far, this defrag problem was the only one apparently resulting from the registry cleanup. Thankyou very much for the great tips! Paulo Miranda. Iron Man Inc. Scurvy Dog. I have been agonising over this problem through "Microsoft" help area's for what seems like months and in less than 1 minute you give me LIFE!!!!
My issue is: Defrag will not open due to an unknown file extension, i. It says to go on line to find to find the program that created it or choose a local program.
Neither worked. I tried the suggestion offered above and that didn't work either. I'm open to any other suggestions. Thom ftshane juno. It works wonders!! Couldn't find any help even at Microsoft online help Good job. Thanks very much. Worked a treat first time.
Your next best thing to Bolton Wanderers FC. Martin B. Diskeeper is actually a really good product. It is so much faster than the built-in, it does a more complete job and it defrags automatically. The new version Diskeeper has a new interface and is really easy to use. I don't see why any of you would feel the need to uninstall it, that was your first mistake. The built-in sucks especially the one in Vista! I agree with Bill. FYI- Diskeeper created the original Windows built-in. Its an expansion on the original.
Plus diskeeper is way faster. I would not go back to the built-in, its like opting for Chevy Cobalt over a Corvette- same family, big difference. Windows XP Tips. Thanks for the help, it solved my proplem with the diskkeeper thing. I will have you in my prayer tonight , bless you dude and thanks again.
Regards Torben. Thanks very much for this solution. I had searched and tried just about everything until I read your advice. Many thanks for your advise on this. Works brilliantly now And guess what? Even the guys on Microsoft discussion groups couldn't sort this out for me. Glad there's someone out there who knows what they're doing. I followed everything John B recomended, after months of pullin my hair out the problem was solved.
Well done John! I did follow instructions about type in command prompt but still the same.. I type in the search box , in the run box I have tried all of the above and I still can't get mine to work. I have tryed ALL of that and it still does not work!! I get no error messages when I try to defrag or analyze. The only other software I have installed that has a defrag is System Mechanic 6 Professional.
I have used the defrag on it before for small things or singal file defrags. But for all intensive purposes I use windows defragmenter.
However, my other computer, desktop has the exact same O. XP, SP2 and the same version of system mechanic, and the windows defragmenter on it works fine.
And I have used the system mechanic defragmenter on it more than this computer! The desktop has no issues but like others, on my laptop, I open windwos defragmenter, I can click analayze and defragment all I want, nothing happens.
The buttons donot grey or anything its just like I diden't even click them. I have found nothing of the sort on either of my computers. So don't give me that as a fix! If it's not working, first Click on Start, Run, and enter regsvr32 atl.
It woorked for me!!! Many thanks! Your fix worked like a charm. Now I can finally sleep at night. Svata T. When I click on the disk defragmenter, opens the device manager My e-mail is: billsidney ig. William de Souza. Jenny T. Thanks for including John B's reply. PNF, not dfrg. I tried to rename dfrg. PNF to dfrg. INF and it didn't work because that file exist. I couldn't see it. I tried to have Windows show all hidden files and no go.
It must be a phantom file or hidden in System32 file. I noticed most of the files under INF folder ends with. Why is that? Then, I tried to use John's method and it worked. I just downloaded and ran some hard drive cleanup programs to make my computer run faster again. I think doing this might have caused the defrag to deactivate due to System Managed Size turned off without warning.
I'm glad the defrag is working again as well as my computer running fast and smoothly again like when I got it new. Many thanks. Michael S. I was having this same problem with windows defrager in getting the error "Snap in failed to initialize". I had Diskeeper installed previously. This is the only thing that worked for me. Thanks to everyone for all of you helpful ideas. I have been on the phone with Symantec for Norton to repair the defragmenter for 10 hours over the last 2 weeks.
The when I would run Disk Optimization - there euphonimizm for defrag - all hard disk drives would be returned as "unavailable". Applying the solution to increase the page file size selection was - "no page file size allotted" was chosen - voila problem solved. Looking forward to a degragmented system. Thank you, DJC. Thanks a bunch to all the suggestions mentioned above.
Though each singly didn't work. All together made the difference. The defrag is going on right now on my machine. Thanks all once again. Thank you Thank you thank you to whoever posted about the paging file! For some reason mine was off; followed the advice and bingo - defrag working beautifully. Thanks again to all of you who help out! I just reformatted my pc and install xp service pack I searched for file called dfrg.
It works. I have done everything you have said, but my defrag is still not working. I can't even find the dfrg. Your suggestion in the "paging file" thingy worked! I have defrag back!! Worked perfectly after a removal of free Disk keeper lite. Great stuff, clear and to the point. Thanks so much for this piece of 'free' yet priceless information! It worked like a charm. My disk defrag utility in WinXP is, once again, working like it is designed to.
Again, many, many thanks to you for caring enough to post this online. I'm very appreciative of this. Val in Cal. Hi I have the same problem as two or three posts above. Each time I run it, it does a bit more, but sometimes seems to be undoing the work. I have not loaded any 3rd party defrag programs and I have tried all the options from the top of this posting down, excluding the option to try a third party tool. Thanks for the great tips. My defrag quit working a few months ago and silly me thought copying defrag.
The 3 steps were needed to get it running correctly. I registered the 2 dll files and thought that would be it. I had to install the dfrg file and it worked like a charm. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you. Jane in Ontario Canada.
Thank you, thank you, thank you! Dave Baker. Is there a way to undo the fix you suggested. Thanks for the fix registered installed win pro. This happened to me after going to Microsoft update for the first time in a couple of years. Bet I won't do it again on this machine. Installing the dfrg. THX again Luc. Luc Crevits. Robin Barleycorn. Thank you! I followed your instructions after un-installing Diskeeper Lite and it works perfectly.
Dave Lewis. Thank you both. The install dfrg. Yes, Diskeeper did it. I had to check the virtual memory too. The Page File Fix worked for me, people who know this stuff and put it about deserve a star - Tahnks Folks! When I rebooted my computer, the defrag worked just like it always did and I no longer get the error message!! Need help. When opening I get the following message: Navigation to Webpage was Canceled.
What does it mean and how do I fix it. I get a message stating that I dont need to defrag. When I know it needs it badly. I DL a simple defrag program called JKdefrag. It works perfectly. No glitz, no glamor and guess what Still searching for the fix because its driving my membrane insane.
Jonny quest. I have tried everyting I read on this site and some others too - nothing worked for my "connection to defragment engine PerfectDisk 7. Brian B. This is the actual Defrag Application. Right click on the dfrg. This procedure still works great -- excellent post! I followed your directions and it now works beauftifully.
An gie Vitale. I'm not sure if there is something wrong with disk defragmenter or my registry file. Can anyone please help? For me the 2nd step with the INF file worked.
So thanks a lot for your help! Dennis K. Once there, find in the list the service called "DCOM process launcher". Double click on it. Select "Automatic" on "Startup type", then press the button "start". Then OK. If you followed the step before. It should work really fine ;- Jul My computer has been running so slow, and I could not reinstall my defrag. It is running right now. Bill Slark. Many thanks, it worked beautifully. I can now defragment my disk..
Clear, easy to follow instructions! Tried these tricks and no-go for me. Apparently Windows uses network stuff internally even when accessing the local machine. So, if you've been messing with your services, that could be the cause. Thanks for the tips. Wow Finally-!! Thanks to Mike dated I tried the string with the atl. Thanks so much, you're all great, sure is good to know there is a place to go to find out stuff. I got here from computer problems.
If they can't do it or know where to send you, then it all over, but the shouting. And I know we've all done a lot of that. Good luck to all. I registered atl. After that, dfrgsnap. I can now run XP's defragmenter. The Microsoft Knowledge Base is useless for this problem. Thanks to Ron! Jim Toh. I just try the first three methods really effective, I deliberately find your page and you say thank you, because this issue troubles for three days three nights, has not resolved until I see you after the page be resolved.
Your page I favotites, after helping to facilitate people in need. Thanks Ron! Your solution worked for me. I wish the XP services had better descriptions of what they were for and what they affect.
When I try to run defrag, I keep gettingthis messsage: Disk defragmenter has detected that Chkdisk is scheduled to run on volume C. How do I do this and get this corrected? Nora Martin. Hi, This is brilliant!! Been searching how to get the defrag going. Changing the Page size was simple and effective esp when the size disappeared after removing some software. John Gilmour. Is there a solution to this? Hi, I have just downloaded dfrg. COM, and saved it in my doc's.
Please advise ASAP whether this will this be safe? Worked for me, Thanks! Can't believe microsoft did not have the fix. Kryztilia Joanne. My defrag worked fine, now I am not able to access it. When I open computer management under administrative tools, it opens in notepad. In fact all of my MSC files open in notepad. Is there another way to defrag the computer. When it comes to computers I am not the sharpest knife in the drawer. Any assistance would be appreciated. Making sure that a paging file was allocated solved the problem I was trying to fix.
Thanks for the suggestion. I still have this problem with my windows xp defragmenter. It will only analyze and run on my D drive. I did all of the above what else is there to do? Hi, just do this step it can solve quickly. Copy text below to dfrg. Bvista i can't find dfrg. I get the same message when running it from a cmd prompt.
Hi all, Great thread, missing just one more aspect I came up against the following message when I tried to run contig. There is a Delf Trojan quite common know that replaces beep.
It is used as a loader for other companion files as rootkit entries. Both Combofix and SDFix can identify if this is the case, and replace the file.
I just hope this post gets bumped to the top like John B did, because it took a lot of reading to get this far down the page. David P. Keep up the good work people! David P has resolved my issue. I undertook all the steps mentioned and throughout today had not success. Please put his answer near the top as if the other steps fail you may well give up until you reach the botton and his post.
Thanks David and well done for the post Jim. Thanks God for the answer of the genius Ron! Sorry to bother, but whenever I try to defragment a volume, I get the prompt: "Disk Defragmenter could not start. I am reading all of the above solutions to the disk defrag cannot start and I have tried a couple but it doesn't do anything. I am a simple person and need instructions for dummies. I don't understand how to get to some of the places I read above. Can someone help.
If this helps, I recently removed the xp virus from my computer. I wonder if I removed something else that I wasn't supposed to Thanks, any help is greatly appreciated.
Can someone please help I keep getting the message "the disk defragmenter will not start" I have tried everything.. Can somebody please help.. I don't know very much about computer and don't understand the lingo Can someone make things clear for me? Thanks Mike D. MAN you made my night I was getting the "could not start" error as well. I downloaded Malwarebytes Anti-Malware from download. Now defragmenter works! Thank you very much third party software messed up my defrag but this worked perfectly Thank you again and may GOD bless you.
Just to say thanks and possibly help out others XP's system restore also did not work even though I'd fixed it several times it kept breaking. Thanks Guys! You saved what little sanity I have left! Tried all above none worked apart from one. I have had diskeeper pro 10 for a v long time and never had problem.
I have kav is installed and noticed after an update my internet connection was sometimes slow and would not load pages. I now have winxp and perfect disk 8 defrag working perfectly plus my internet connection works fine. Tried everything, then downloaded Malwarebytes as suggested. All works fine now. I just wanted to thank Ron. His directions from !!! I had turned off a lot of services in a fit of pique when I thought I had a virus but it was just OSA.
I have Windows XP. I tried the following steps outlined in this post: regsvr32 command from the dos prompt, install dfrg. The defragmenter did not work. And then I downloaded the Malwarebytes Anti-Malware from download. It found several infected files.
The defragmenter worked after removing the infected files. Thanks to all the contributors. Worked great!! If you are running some third-party applications like Antivirus software in the background, the apps may interfere with Disk Defragmenter. Right-click the Taskbar at the bottom of your computer screen and select Task Manager from the context menu.
Under the Process tab, right-click the third-party software and select End task. Then repeat this step to end all running third-party software. As mentioned above, corrupt systems files can cause Windows 10 defrag not working. To fix this issue, you can try performing an SFC scan to repair it. Type cmd in the search box on the taskbar, and then right-click the Command Prompt app and select Run as administrator. This process may take you much time to scan, please wait patiently. Once this repairing process completes, you can relaunch Disk Defragmenter and see if it can work properly.
Defrag not working Windows 10 could be caused by the errors on your hard drive. In order to fix this issue, you need to check and repair hard drive errors. Note: e represent the drive letter that you want to scan and repair. If Windows 10 defrag not working issue still persists, you can try running Disk Defragmenter in Safe Mode.
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