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How To Schedule a Windows7 Disk Cleanup Operation To Launch Automatically

View Comments March 14, 2010 | GGarza

PC maintenance is an important operation. Hard disk cleanup is important if you want to keep the PC in optimal condition. So on regular basis it is an important to run the disk cleanup utility program. The problem is that just by running the PC, it will bring on many trash files to your PC. Trash files can consume hard disk space and they may impact the performance of the PC. Your PC may run slower, and you may start to run out of disk space. So it is normally a sound idea to clean your hard drive using a good file cleaning utility. Fortunately, Windows7 has such a built-in utility which will perform the task to getting rid of unwanted files like temporary internet files, or temporary system files, temporary internet files, or setup log files. Here are the steps that you can take to bring schedule the disk cleanup task. First this is what running the Disk Cleanup utility will look like:

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Disk Clean Up Drive Selection

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Disk CleanUp Calculating

[3] When you run the clean up utility you will see a selection of folders to delete.

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Disk CleanUp

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Disk CleanUp-2

[5] To run the  task scheduler go to the start menu, and in the search box, type task scheduler.

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Task Scheduler

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Create Basic Task

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Disk CleanUp-2

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Weekly Schedule

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Set The Day

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Action - Start A Program

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Start The CleanMgr

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Finish

[13] You can check the results of the scheduler.

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Task Scheduler Library

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About GGarza: I've been in the computer industry since the mid 80's. I have several Microsoft Certifications including MCSE 2003, MCTS, MCITP, and Cisco CCNA, and CCNP. I also have a Msc in Computer Information Systems from the University of Liverpool. I am the author of the Tiger Guide to Laptops. I write articles for BrightHub.com in astronomy and computers. My interests are in Astronomy, Evolutionary Science, American and European History, Finance and Economics, and Computer Science. You can follow me on twitter. http://twitter.com/GigaAstroTech View posts.

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