Put Disk Cleanup Shortcut to Vista Computer Right Click Menu
Other than Event Viewer, Windows users can also add Disk Cleanup to Computer’s (in Vista) or My Computer’s right click contextual menu. In this way, users no longer need to wait for Windows to prompt when disk space is running low to clean up the disk drive unused files or less frequently used documents.
To add Disk Cleanup to My Computer right click menu, simply download DiskCleanup.zip (contains DiskCleanup.reg) from the forum, unpack and then double click on the DiskCleanup.reg to apply the new registry key into system. Once done, right click on Computer icon will display Disk Cleanup as an menu item option.
Alternatively, copy and paste the following text into an text editor such as Notepad, and then save the file as .reg file. Then double click on it to merge to registry.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Disk Cleanup\command]
@="cleanmgr"
If you prefer Drive Cleanup, Cleanup Drive, or Clean Up Drive instead of Disk Cleanup, simply change the Disk Cleanup text inside the code to the one you prefer. This trick should works not only in Vista, but also XP, 2003 and older Windows version.
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