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How to Start Disk Cleanup with a Command Line

Article ID: 181701

Article Last Modified on 1/22/2007

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SUMMARY

This article describes how to start the Disk Cleanup tool and specify the hard disk to clean by using a command line.

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To start the Disk Cleanup tool and specify the hard disk to clean by using a command line, use the following steps:
  1. Click Start, and then click Run.
  2. In the Open box, type the following line and then press ENTER

    c:\windows\cleanmgr.exe /d<drive>

    where <drive> is the drive letter of the hard disk you want to clean.

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