Is there a way to access defrag.exe in Vista RC1? I'm an advanced user and
would prefer to use the full graphical defragment utility, not the limited
one that pops up when you click on drive properties, then defragment. It
appears they have made it simpler, but it also doesn't display nearly as much
information.

As I understand there are two ways to access defrag.exe, through the command
prompt and from the System32 folder. I figured out how to access it through
the command prompt (using an administrator command prompt) but that only
gives me a text version. When I click the file in System32 it tries to do
something (command prompt window displays for a few milliseconds) but then
nothing happens (this is the same as "run" "defrag.exe"). Thanks for the
help.
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Dave

Id download a demo of O&O Defrag and run it right after that Microsoft
defrag, you might be surprised what Microsoft Defrag calls a complete
defrag.... see my post elsewhere in this group for more details...

"leetudave" wrote:

Is there a way to access defrag.exe in Vista RC1? I'm an advanced user and
would prefer to use the full graphical defragment utility, not the limited
one that pops up when you click on drive properties, then defragment. It
appears they have made it simpler, but it also doesn't display nearly as much
information.

As I understand there are two ways to access defrag.exe, through the command
prompt and from the System32 folder. I figured out how to access it through
the command prompt (using an administrator command prompt) but that only
gives me a text version. When I click the file in System32 it tries to do
something (command prompt window displays for a few milliseconds) but then
nothing happens (this is the same as "run" "defrag.exe"). Thanks for the
help.
--
Dave

Not an answer here, but as a suggestion to microsoft - show more information!

The "dumbed-up" version does not let the user know how long until the defrag
process is finished. After two hours on a 7200 rpm 60 gb drive that did not
need to be defragged, I gave up.

Hey Microsoft, good work on the 5600/5728, but lets add the "more
information" tab on the defragmentation program.
--
John

PC: (XPS Gen 1) laptop
Mem 1 gb
processor P4 3.4
Video ATI 9800 256 MB
Vista RC1 build 5600/5728 dual
Base score 4.3


"leetudave" wrote:

Is there a way to access defrag.exe in Vista RC1? I'm an advanced user and
would prefer to use the full graphical defragment utility, not the limited
one that pops up when you click on drive properties, then defragment. It
appears they have made it simpler, but it also doesn't display nearly as much
information.

As I understand there are two ways to access defrag.exe, through the command
prompt and from the System32 folder. I figured out how to access it through
the command prompt (using an administrator command prompt) but that only
gives me a text version. When I click the file in System32 it tries to do
something (command prompt window displays for a few milliseconds) but then
nothing happens (this is the same as "run" "defrag.exe"). Thanks for the
help.
--
Dave