Update disk defragmenter windows xp

On our network, machines that work have full rights for Everyone. I changed it to that and restarted and it works prefectly!

Thanks, a hundred times over John B. Your solution was so easy, even I, a computer illiterate, was able to do it, and within seconds. Thank you, from another grateful user of your solution. But I am curious, has anyone nailed down exactly what is causing this to happen in the first place? I use W2K and I removed Diskeeper a long time ago and never had a problem running system defrag on a regular basis.

Recently I have been reviewing Registry cleaning utilities but I don't recall not being able to run a defrag after a reg clean which is my normal routine. So I am curious if any one has a similar experience? Bob L. My problem is that whenever i start defragmentor from system tools, it asks me the program in which i want to run dfrg.

Sarah Haque. Recently my laptop has been ruuning slow and erratically. The memory can not be "read". Anyone have a solution? Jerry S. Ok, how bout this. I tried the fixes listed, but nothing works.

Any suggestions??? Nancy G. Mike M. Just like to thank you for this invaluable site. Particularily John B's suggestion - which worked for me. Again many thanks - priceless! Going through the steps to register the Defrag components, and 'install' the dfrg.

I found that the dfrgntfs. I tried all the methods listed above however defrag will not populate. It comes up blank. Gotta fix??? Your solutions did not work, got the same "Return code was: 0x" on both dfrg files but dfrgui also gave a "dfrgres. Hey there, Thanks for all the support but i have tried EVERY solution on this page and still my defrag comes up with the "Snap-in failed" error.

Can anyone help!? I have Win Xp Home and this occured after uninstalling that crappy diskeeper. Thanks in advance, ChaZ. Any advice as I am a computer novice? Thanks in advance! Thanks to John B, Have been fighting this for two days! John B, you beautiful bastard! Enabling the pagefile worked!

Too bad your post is so far down the list, I had to try every suggestion before yours with no satisfaction. Please reply to jgreene aol. Thanks, Jay. I get a simple error: Disk Defragm,entor could not start. Are there any other dll's that need to be regged? I suppose I'll look in the system32 folder for stuff that says "dfrg" in the name. This is a computer I am repairing, it had about 10, virus bodies along with new. Well, I've fixed every problem for windows XP known to man and then some, including removing new.

Etc, etc: But this is the first time I have seen Defrag fail to run! Usually it is something like, the Computer Browser won't start, the Lexmark Printer can't be removed, the CD Auto-Insert notification has been shut off by dweebs and in doing so they shut off the OS's ability to detect CD changes.

JPG Which says "Dfrgres. If someone can point me I can figure it out My error message says Disk Defragment cannot start - how do i fix that? Have tried the suggestions made and it still won't work can anyone help.

Basically it starts and gets past compressing files and then comes up with the error that it has lost connection to the defrag engine restart but everytime I do I still get same error. Getting really frustrated and fed up please help! The page file trick worked, but this begs the question: how did the page file get turned off in the first place? The fix also worked for me. But the fix took care of that and all is fine. Thank you for your help.

Does anyone have the answer to this? Please help!!!! Your fix sorted it - MANY thanks :o. Recently my coputer has been running weird. Thank you for the solution, I followed the steps, register dll files and install drfg. Thanks a lot. My symptoms were slightly different however. I was able to run Defrag, but when I clicked on Analyze, a dfrgntfs. No event logs or any other indications. I finally did find it though after some work with regmon. EXE and was able to add my group and now Defrag works fine.

I just wanted to say Thanks it worked like a charm, I followed you command promp instructions and it is defraging as i type LOL Thank you Vary much. Signed Peter. John B provided the solution I needed after unsuccessfully trying everything else. Thanks a lot, John B :. Reza Somarin. Hi all, I've just spent the last couple of hours going through all the suggestions in this thread, and unfortunately nothing seems to make a difference.

I don't know how long defrag hasn't been running for, but the system is painfully slow. Anyway, tried doing the dll registration trick - said it registered ok. Tried installing the. The ntfs scandisk exe file is in the system32 folder, and it's not zero bytes. DCOM Server process launcher is running.

Page file is set to let the system manage it. I've rebooted a couple of times. The only thing I haven't tried was the permissions in the dcom config program - I looked through them and as far as I could tell the Administrators group had reasonable permissions. If anybody knows exactly what they should be, please let me know, and I'll check them again. This computer has one user account, and it's an Administrator. Like a few others, I can start the defrag program, but when I click on either analyze or defragment button, it sits there for a while and then nothing happens.

I went to the command prompt and typed: defrag c: -v -a verbosely analyze drive c with defrag To which I get the response: "Windows cannot connect to the Disk Defragmenter engine" I am not aware of another disk defragmenter program installed on this computer now or in the past. This is mainly a post to all who have still had trouble. By getting free help for my update issue from MS cause of course they want me to continue to use their product , after trying many steps we her and I did the following, which I was also able to use and Fix the live update Win update and Defrag.

You might need to change to manual to start it, and mine turns off all the time so must redo at every defrag. Good luck, and I hope I didn't repeat someone elses Blog as I came here to get help but gave up when got the chance to have MS help me with whatebver else they considered helping me with. TWindbig has a Stumble page Oh Yeah, My problem was the click analyze or defrag button with nothig happening.

Here is the mail part she sent me. Double click the service "Automatic Updates". Click on the Log On tab, please ensure the option "Local System account" is selected and the option "Allow service to interact with desktop" is unchecked. Check if this service has been enabled on the listed Hardware Profile.

If not, please click the Enable button to enable it. Click on the tab "General "; make sure the "Startup Type" is "Automatic". Then please click the button "Start" under "Service Status" to start the service.

John B, Had the fix that worked on my machine. Not to say that some of the fixes won't work, it just depends on exactly what's causing your problem.

You rock John B. John B : John B. I've tried many of the suggestions but nothing seems to work. If any one has other ideas, please feel free to help! In the meantime I guess I will keep trying something and ask my computer consultant brother! My Defrag and Analyze stopped responding in XP for no reason. I think it was after I installed the ProMagic that came with the Shuttle barebone.

Mine was not a case of DiskKeeper fiasco. I had the "Diskeeper could not initialize" problem, removed Diskeeper and then had the "Disk defragmenter could not start" replacement problem.

Tried many of the suggestions put forward in this excellent forum have saved into a text file about 13 individual suggestions Turns out the fix suggested by John B - check the paging file - was my particular answer.

I also think I know how the problem arose - during an extensive clean up I deleted the pagefile. It wasn't. Probably also explains some slowness in my system. Personal thanks to all whose patience in submitting answers created this excellent forum - I now have it bookmarked. I will now reinstall Diskeeper, which was not the cause of the problem - I was.

I followed your instructions but when I attemped to install dfrg. Please Help. I am running windows 98 on my PC. I have tried to follow yr process to reinstall but no "command prompt" appears.

Its driving me crazy and definitely needs a clean up. I have a similiar issue, Analyze and Defragment do nothing at all. I tried the steps listed here on the page, to no avail. Would running a repair CD fix this? Ron That solved my problem, thank you for sharing Ron, your post was awesome. Flippin' amazing! Yes, I had installed a 3rd party defragmenter which then made MS obsolete. Followed your instructions. The right click dfrg. John B, You are a genius.

I tried all the. Then I read about your page file being turned off and checked my system. I don't know how my page file was turned off and I've been trying for months to solve my "Defrag won't start" problem.

Turning my page file back on fixed it. Thanks again John B for sharing! You da' man! John B : This one worked for me. Somehow diskeeper turned off my paging file. I read this post after trying everything else and it was true it worked. Chris, This worked perfectly for me aswell. Paging was set off. Thanks mate. Thanks jonh B and Chris. Jesus Ramos Rey.

I don't know why my Pagefile was disabled but after enabling everything's fine again. I have windows ME and the defrag just stays at the 0 percent point and won't run. The XP directions don't work. Please install the registry patch from the following link to resolve the dfrg.

Windows can look it up automatically, or you can manually select a program from a list of programs on your computer. I did everything posted here with no success. First, when i try to reinitiate this service, i got the "Error " out of time message. Download the Microsoft. NET Framework 1. Thank you!!! Thank you!!!!! The registry file from Baliarun solved my "Buttons do nothing" problem!! Thanks a lot!!! For those getting "dllregisterserver in dfrgsnap.

Return code was: 0x" when doing "regsvr32 dfrgsnap. Worked for me! Thanks for this fix. Registering the 2 files fixed my defrag problem. I have had this problem for a month. Again, thanks for sharing this info. Charles jn Indy. Thx John B. The page file was causing the error.

I was sure i had set it to system managed size. John W. As you will see by my posting above, John B. Believe me, I had tried every other way I could find on the net to help me in my plight and this one did the trick, so simple to follow, so easy and Thought it perhaps best to copy and paste his method below as this blog is now ten miles long!!!

Thanks mate! One of the comments helped me in this case. But whenever i do defrag, it would go on for about a couple of minutes, then the blue-screen crash thing appears. You know, the one with the message "windows have shut down your system to protect your blah blah blah".. I went to Microsoft should have known better and even their Technet and this was halfaway down search the page on Google it should be at the top!!!

Thank You I didn't know that if I downloaded a program then changed my mind and deleted it Heck yeah John B! Thanks for the help. Disk defrag is working fine again. I have spent the last two months trying to figure it out. THank you. Oh that would be is there a way to determine the last time a disk was defragmented? Thanks a ton! So I've tried everything listed here and nothing seems to work.

I'm getting the "Disk Defragmenter could not start message". John B's solution, which seems to have worked for every other person with my problem, seems to have not worked for me.

I tried with both a large custom paging file size initial maximum for both my volumes and with system managed size, and tried restarting after changing these. I tried the three solutions listed at the top of this page. I'm running windows XP. I tried running checkdisk too Anyone have any insight? I'd greatly appreciate any help.

Saleh Matani. Then set the memory paging, which worked like a champ. Thanks to John B, we're back in business After a few XP tweaks I couldnt dfrag the hard drive. I had turned off unwanted services. Thanks Ron and everyone else furth up the page. Thanks for this. Diskeeper screwed up my Windows defrag and did not reinstate it when I removed it. This solution worked a treat. This was such an easy fix and worked! Not to mention it was easy to find in the "dogpile" search that I did!

Thanks for posting the fix. It's greatly appreciated!!!!! Lori Riccitelli in Rhode Island. Same deal with the dfrgui. Nothing changed. That did not work either. Note: I never installed a third party disk managing softwhere. Any advice? Michel G. Tanks a lot, i am too a diskeeper lite victim. 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. Google Play. Microsoft is done with Xbox One. N95, KN95, KF94 face masks. Apple pulls Wordle clones.

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Total Downloads 28, The summary report will tell you whether or not you need to defragment. You should also note that before you defrag the computer, all programs should be closed, especially firewalls and anti-virus programs. Defragmenter will continuously restart if anti-virus software is running because the software continually accesses files on the hard drive which the defragmenting program may be trying to move. As a good practice, you should try to defrag your computer once a month.

If you use your computer heavily with lots of data transfers of large files, then more than once a month would be advisable. Here are some of the limitations of the defragment utility on Windows XP :. If you need to schedule disk defragmentation , use the Defrag. Defragging will keep your XP computer running smooth and fast. In Windows 7, you can get to disk defragmenter by clicking on the Start button and searching for it.

As you can see below, the user interface is completely different than the one in XP. As a matter of fact, they completely removed the graphical representation of the disk when you click Analyze Disk. Instead it just does the analysis and shows the percent fragmented.

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