Friday, July 4, 2008

The Disk Defragmenter is not installed on your computer

Error: The Disk Defragmenter is not installed on your computer. To install itdouble click the Add or Remove Program icon in the Control Panel, click Install/Uninstall tab and then follow instructions on your screen

SYMPTOM : When you open the Properties dialog box for a local hard disk and click the Tools tab, one of the following symptoms may be seen: The Defragment Now button is unavailable. When you click Defragment Now, you receive the following error message: The Disk Defragmenter is not installed on your computer. To install it, double-click the Add or Remove Programs icon in Control Panel, click the Install/Uninstall tab, and then follow the instructions on your screen.

RESOLUTION :
Click Start, type regedit.exe and press ENTER
Navigate to the following location: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ explorer \ MyComputer \ DefragPath

In the right-pane, double-click (default) and set its data as follows:
C:\Windows\System32\dfrgui.exe
Close Regedit.exe and restart the pc

No comments:

The Winhelponline Blog

Recent Microsoft KB Articles for Internet Explorer 6.0

Most Recent KBs for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005

Most Recent KBs for Windows XP Home Edition

Most Recent KBs for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005

Most Recent KBs for Windows Vista Ultimate

Most Recent KBs for Windows Internet Explorer 7

Most Recent KBs for Office 2003

Most Recent KBs for 2007 Microsoft Office suites