Hi again,
Just to let you know, I figured out the answer to my
problem, and wanted to share, especially for Kathleen.
I made a new shortcut for each--Disk Defragmenter and
Disk Cleanup. Here are the steps:
1. From the desktop, right-click in an area of the
screen where there are no icons.
2. Choose New>>Shortcut.
3. First step of the wizard asks for the location of
the file.
a. Disk Defragmenter is
"%SystemRoot%\System32\dfrg.msc"
b. Disk Cleanup is
"%SystemRoot%\System32\cleanmgr.exe"
4. After clicking Next, you'll be asked to name the
shortcut. It will also suggest a name, but of course,
you can change this.
5. Click Next, then click Finish.
6. You have a new icon.
(This still does not explain why it is not found on
Search. If anybody has an answer to this, I would be
very interested to hear it.)
HTH...Amy Ledford
--- Amy Ledford <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi guys and gals!
>
> I am having a similar problem to Kathleen's. My
> question was not answered in the posts, but mine may
> be "lots" different from Kathleen's.... I formatted
> my
> daughter's PC, which is a Dell Dimension 2350, WinXP
> Pro. I usually place a desktop icon for both the
> defragmenter and disk cleanup, for ease of use and
> so
> that she doesn't forget them. I do this by going to
> (as someone else mentioned, I forget who....sorry
> about that....) Start, All Programs, Accessories,
> System Tools...then dragging and dropping the disk
> defragmenter to the desktop. however, when I do
> this,
> the defragmenter, nor any of the other System Tools
> that I have dragged and dropped, are there anymore.
>
> She is the only (virtually) user of the PC, so I
> wanted to have her name rather than "Administrator"
> on
> the Start menu, etc. I had to create another User
> Profile, with her name, because the Admin account,
> for
> whatever reason, did not have the option "Change my
> Name" although it had all the others...create a
> Password, Change my Picture, etc. I then deleted the
> other profile. (This was probably my first mistake.)
> Most of the icons from the other User Profile were
> shown on the new Profile. However, now, as in first
> paragraph, the Defragmenter and Disk Cleanup Tools
> are
> not available. I have only been able to open the
> defragmenter from Help & Support. Search does not
> find
> any results. I have not tried this with the Disk
> Cleanup, but expect same results. How can I add
> these
> Tools as icons? Can I at least add them back to the
> System Tools menu?
>
> --- Don Manders <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > . Go to Start, Programs,Accessories and select
> > System Tools which will
> > give you A Disk Defragmenter and lets you choose
> > which disk you want to
> > defrag. Good Luck
> >
> > Kathleen Felker wrote:
> >
> > >Dear PCBUILD:
> > > Back in April 2004 I upgraded my Windows 98
> to
> > Compaq Millenium
> > >Edition. The store helping me upgrade, put my
> OLD
> > 1.99 GB hard drive in
> > >my 'new' used computer - the new compaq pc has a
> > 7.82 GB hard drive. I
> > >now have a C:drive (the new hard drive) and a D
> > drive (my old 1.99 GB
> > >hard drive).
> > > I am able to scan disk on both drives. I
> can
> > defrag on my old drive
> > >D -
> > >but the new C:drive doesn't seem to even have
> > Defrag installed. Can
> > >anyone
> > >please help me determine how to install defrag
> and
> > defrag my C drive.
> > >I'm a novice at this - so please excuse my laymen
> > terms.
> > >Thank you for your help.
> > >Kathleen Felker
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