Windows Cleanup tool
How to enable the Disk Cleanup tool on Windows Server 2008 R2
Posted by Nathalie Vaiser on 18 April 2012 09:52 AM
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For some odd reason Microsoft decided to leave this feature disabled by default, and place it within a optional feature set called "Desktop Experience". If your hard drive is getting full and you wish to do a disk cleanup, there are two ways to enable the Disk Cleanup tool. We recommend using option #2 below for several reasons: - Installing the Desktop Experience feature will not only intall Disk Cleanup, but a lot of other utilities you likey don't need on a server (sound recorder, desktop themes, etc). - Installing the Desktop Experience feature will require a server reboot How to enable the Disk Cleanup tool: 1) Go to Programs & Features, and in the Features section, enable/install "Desktop Experience". The downside to this is that you will need to reboot your server after installating this and it installs other components you do not need on a server. 2) [RECOMMENDED] - All you really need to do is copy some files that are already located on your server into specific system folders, as described at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff630161(WS.10).aspx The location of the files you need to copy depend on your version of Windows:
Once you’ve located the files move them to the following locations:
You can now launch the Disk cleanup tool by running Cleanmgr.exe from the command prompt.
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