Command Prompt

What is the administrator command prompt for 'defrag.exe' in 'cmd'? I am
being asked when trying to open defrag.exe in cmd.
It seems windows defrag was hijacked by DiskeeperLite, a downloaded program
I thought was free, but turned out to be a mistake. When I want to run
defrag now, I am asked to reinstall it via add or remove programs, which is
not available in my Vista Home Premium, SP2, 32 bit.
Is there a way to recover it?
If not, that's not all bad, because I have 'Defraggler', which works quite
nicely.
Thanks for any suggestions.

Harry.

webster72n;1238491 Wrote:
> What is the administrator command prompt for 'defrag.exe' in 'cmd'? I a
> being asked when trying to open defrag.exe in cmd
> It seems windows defrag was hijacked by DiskeeperLite, a downloade
> progra
> I thought was free, but turned out to be a mistake. When I want to ru
> defrag now, I am asked to reinstall it via add or remove programs
> which i
> not available in my Vista Home Premium, SP2, 32 bit
> Is there a way to recover it
> If not, that's not all bad, because I have 'Defraggler', which work
> quit
> nicely
> Thanks for any suggestions
>
> Harry

See if this article helps

'Repair Defragment In Windows Vista
(http://www.ghacks.net/2009/01/11/rep...windows-vista/

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On 07 Mar 2010, "webster72n" <> wrote in
microsoft.public.windows.vista.general:

> What is the administrator command prompt for 'defrag.exe' in
> 'cmd'?

You could have searched for the executable yourself at any time.

It's "\windows\system32\defrag.exe".

I would hope that the Diskeeper people would be able to provide
complete uninstall instructions. Their products have been well-
regarded, and I've heard some compliments about their support.

Nil;1238514 Wrote:
> On 07 Mar 2010, "webster72n" <webster72n@newsgroup> wrote i
> microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
> > > >
> > > What is the administrator command prompt for 'defrag.exe' i
> > > 'cmd'? > > You could have searched for the executable yourself at any time
>
> It's "\windows\system32\defrag.exe"
>
> I would hope that the Diskeeper people would be able to provid
> complete uninstall instructions. Their products have been well
> regarded, and I've heard some compliments about their support

I think what he's getting at is the defrag.exe is replaced when you pu
in a 3rd party defragger. Often the thing you see that say
"defrag.exe" is probably a symbolic link

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"Nil" <> wrote in message
news:Xns9D34D9A85C143nilch1@130.133.4.11...
> On 07 Mar 2010, "webster72n" <> wrote in
> microsoft.public.windows.vista.general:
>
>> What is the administrator command prompt for 'defrag.exe' in
>> 'cmd'?
>
> You could have searched for the executable yourself at any time.

Which I did, but without much success, until now.
I managed to open cmd as administrator and also found the gui in
windows/system32.

>
> It's "\windows\system32\defrag.exe".
>
> I would hope that the Diskeeper people would be able to >provide
> complete uninstall instructions.

I am going to follow that lead and see what happens.
Hopefully I will be able to restore normal functions.
Right now the program runs totally in the background, doing weekly
defragmentation on a schedule.
Thank you and MilesAhead for your help.

Harry.

> Their products have been well-
> regarded, and I've heard some compliments about their >support.

On 07 Mar 2010, MilesAhead <> wrote in
microsoft.public.windows.vista.general:

> I think what he's getting at is the defrag.exe is replaced when
> you put in a 3rd party defragger. Often the thing you see that
> says "defrag.exe" is probably a symbolic link.

You might be right, but I hope not. It would be a very bad application
that can't be uninstalled without screwing up your system.

I used to use Diskkeeper's server version many years ago in an old job.
We liked it then, but who knows what state the product is in now.

webster72n;1238491 Wrote:
> What is the administrator command prompt for 'defrag.exe' in 'cmd'?
> am
> being asked when trying to open defrag.exe in cmd.
> It seems windows defrag was hijacked by DiskeeperLite, a downloade
> program
> I thought was free, but turned out to be a mistake. When I want to run
> defrag now, I am asked to reinstall it via add or remove programs
> which is
> not available in my Vista Home Premium, SP2, 32 bit.
> Is there a way to recover it?
> If not, that's not all bad, because I have 'Defraggler', which work
> quite
> nicely.
> Thanks for any suggestions.
>
> Harry.

Hi Harry,

Could you not just use "sfc /scannow"? I understand that it may not b
allowed to replace defrag.exe, but could you not just copy it back fro
your Vista install disk or Recovery partition? Brink has posted
tutorial on how to do this, and I will post the link when I get off m
iPhone.

Richar

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"Nil" <> wrote in message
news:Xns9D3516A4DE65Anilch1@130.133.4.11...
> On 07 Mar 2010, MilesAhead <> wrote in
> microsoft.public.windows.vista.general:
>
>> I think what he's getting at is the defrag.exe is replaced when
>> you put in a 3rd party defragger. Often the thing you see that
>> says "defrag.exe" is probably a symbolic link.
>
> You might be right, but I hope not. It would be a very bad application
> that can't be uninstalled without screwing up your system.
>
> I used to use Diskkeeper's server version many years ago in an old job.
> We liked it then, but who knows what state the product is in now.

I can tell you: when I wanted to run the program, they asked me to buy the
upgraded version, instead of running the free version I believed to have
downloaded.
The reason I downloaded Diskeeper was, that I have it installed on my
Windows ME machine and I like it there, but it is an older version (1.7 or
something).

At any rate, the regular access for windows defragmenter has been hijacked,
but I can easily get around it.
I had uninstalled Diskeeper, but this condition remained.

Thanks again for your assistance.

Harry.

"niemiro" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> webster72n;1238491 Wrote:
>> What is the administrator command prompt for 'defrag.exe' in 'cmd'? I
>> am
>> being asked when trying to open defrag.exe in cmd.
>> It seems windows defrag was hijacked by DiskeeperLite, a downloaded
>> program
>> I thought was free, but turned out to be a mistake. When I want to run
>> defrag now, I am asked to reinstall it via add or remove programs,
>> which is
>> not available in my Vista Home Premium, SP2, 32 bit.
>> Is there a way to recover it?
>> If not, that's not all bad, because I have 'Defraggler', which works
>> quite
>> nicely.
>> Thanks for any suggestions.
>>
>> Harry.
>
> Hi Harry,
>
> Could you not just use "sfc /scannow"?

I did the system scan and came up with no errors in my 'Windows Resource
Protection'.

> I understand that it may not be
> allowed to replace defrag.exe, but could you not just copy it back from
> your Vista install disk or Recovery partition?

I plan on exploring that avenue.

> Brink

don't know who he is-

> has posted a
> tutorial on how to do this, and I will post the link when I get off my
> iPhone.
>
> Richard

Thank you, Richard, your readiness to assist is very much appreciated.

Harry.

>
>
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>
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webster72n;1238491 Wrote:
> What is the administrator command prompt for 'defrag.exe' in 'cmd'? I a
> being asked when trying to open defrag.exe in cmd
> It seems windows defrag was hijacked by DiskeeperLite, a downloade
> progra
> I thought was free, but turned out to be a mistake. When I want to ru
> defrag now, I am asked to reinstall it via add or remove programs
> which i
> not available in my Vista Home Premium, SP2, 32 bit
> Is there a way to recover it
> If not, that's not all bad, because I have 'Defraggler', which work
> quit
> nicely
> Thanks for any suggestions
>
> Harry

Still on iPhone, so cannot hyperlink

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/26...lation-dvd.htm

Sorry

Richar

EDIT: Just worked out how to hyperlink from iPhone!!

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