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    Create Disk Cleanup All Items Checked Shortcut in Windows 10

    How to Create Disk Cleanup All Items Checked Shortcut in Windows 10
    Published by Category: Performance & Maintenance
    12 Dec 2019
    Designer Media Ltd

    How to Create Disk Cleanup All Items Checked Shortcut in Windows 10


    You can use Disk Cleanup on a regular basis to reduce the number of unnecessary files on your drives, which can free up drive space and help your PC run better. It can delete temporary files and system files, empty the Recycle Bin, and remove a variety of other items that you might no longer need.

    Disk Cleanup will already have items to delete checked and unchecked by default. You may want to have all items checked by default instead.

    This tutorial will show you how to create a Disk Cleanup shortcut that opens with all items checked by default in Windows 10.

    You will still be able to manually check and uncheck items in Disk Cleanup opened using this shortcut.



    Contents

    • Option One: Download a Disk Cleanup (All Items Checked) Shortcut
    • Option Two: Manually Create a Disk Cleanup (All Items Checked) Shortcut



    EXAMPLE: All items unchecked by default in Disk Cleanup
    Create Disk Cleanup All Items Checked Shortcut in Windows 10-disk_cleanup_all-items-checked.png Create Disk Cleanup All Items Checked Shortcut in Windows 10-disk_cleanup_all-items-checked_run_as_administrator.png





    OPTION ONE

    Download a Disk Cleanup (All Items Checked) Shortcut


    1 Click/tap on the Download button below to download the Disk_Cleanup_(All-Items-Checked)_shortcut.zip file.
    2 Save the .zip file to your desktop.

    3 Unblock the .zip file.

    4 Open the .zip file, and extract (drag and drop) the shortcut to your desktop.

    5 If you want to have this Disk Cleanup (All Items Checked) shortcut open with the Clean up system files button already clicked on by default, then you can set this shortcut to run as administrator to do so. (see screenshots below)

    Create Disk Cleanup All Items Checked Shortcut in Windows 10-disk_cleanup_set_run_as_administrator.png

    6 If you like, you can Pin to Taskbar, Pin to Start, add to All apps, add to Quick Launch, assign a keyboard shortcut to, or move this shortcut to where you like for easy use.

    7 When finished, you can delete the downloaded .zip file if you like.






    OPTION TWO

    Manually Create a Disk Cleanup (All Items Checked) Shortcut


    1 Right click or press and hold on an empty area on your desktop, and click/tap on New and Shortcut.

    2 Copy and paste the location below into the location area, and click/tap on Next. (see screenshot below)

    cleanmgr /D C /LOWDISK

    Create Disk Cleanup All Items Checked Shortcut in Windows 10-disk_cleanup_all-items-checked_shortcut-1.png

    3 Type Disk Cleanup (All Items Checked) for the name, and click/tap on the Finish button. (see screenshot below)

    You could name this shortcut anything you would like though.


    Create Disk Cleanup All Items Checked Shortcut in Windows 10-disk_cleanup_all-items-checked_shortcut-2.png

    4 If you want to have this Disk Cleanup (All Items Checked) shortcut open with the Clean up system files button already clicked on by default, then you can set this shortcut to run as administrator to do so. (see screenshots below)

    Create Disk Cleanup All Items Checked Shortcut in Windows 10-disk_cleanup_set_run_as_administrator.png

    5 If you like, you can Pin to Taskbar, Pin to Start, add to All apps, add to Quick Launch, assign a keyboard shortcut to, or move this shortcut to where you like for easy use.


    That's it,
    Shawn


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  2. tweakradje
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       New #1

    This method also works very well.

    Run CMD as administrator.
    Run: cleanmgr.exe /sageset:0 (select all options you want)
    Create shortcut: cleanmgr.exe /sagerun:0 (run as administrator checked)
    You can use any number. Maybe create scheduled task to run every week?
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  4. Brink
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    Thank you @tweakradje.
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  5. Hackett
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    @Brink, thanks for the tutorial, not sure how I missed it when first posted.
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  6. Brink
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    Hackett said:
    @Brink, thanks for the tutorial, not sure how I missed it when first posted.
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  7. JAY B
    Posts : 86
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    Hi @Brink,

    Is there a way to add the "Extended Disk Cleanup" to the context menu ???
    I had tried a few tweaks in the Registry, and I only get the normal Windows' Disk Cleanup... not the Extended one !

    Thank you for your answer ����
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  8. Brink
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    JAY B said:
    Hi @Brink,

    Is there a way to add the "Extended Disk Cleanup" to the context menu ???
    I had tried a few tweaks in the Registry, and I only get the normal Windows' Disk Cleanup... not the Extended one !

    Thank you for your answer ����
    Hello Jay,

    If you like for now, you could create a shortcut using the command in option 2 below to use.

    Open and Use Disk Cleanup in Windows 10
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  9. JAY B
    Posts : 86
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       New #7

    Thank You,

    I already have that shortcut on the Desktop, and I wanted to get rid of it by including it in my context menu, but it doesn't launch the Extended one ???
    I had tried with the .vbs in the windows eight tutorial, and it doesn't work at all with Windows 10 !???
    I'll try again with the shortcut, but where should I send it... in the Start Folder ?

    Thanks
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  10. Brink
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    JAY B said:
    Thank You,

    I already have that shortcut on the Desktop, and I wanted to get rid of it by including it in my context menu, but it doesn't launch the Extended one ???
    I had tried with the .vbs in the windows eight tutorial, and it doesn't work at all with Windows 10 !???
    I'll try again with the shortcut, but where should I send it... in the Start Folder ?

    Thanks
    Here you go mate for the desktop context menu.

    Add_ExtendedDiskCleanup.reg

    Code:
    Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\DesktopBackground\Shell\ExtendedDiskCleanup]
"MUIVerb"="Extended Disk Cleanup"
"Icon"="%SystemRoot%\\\\System32\\\\cleanmgr.exe,-104"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\DesktopBackground\Shell\ExtendedDiskCleanup\command]
@="cmd.exe /c Cleanmgr /sageset:65535 & Cleanmgr /sagerun:65535"
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  12. JAY B
    Posts : 86
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       New #9

    Hi @Brink,

    Sorry to get back at you this late

    This is exactly one of the tweak I have tried, with this one, I get the regular cleanmgr, but strangely, if I use the same command line in cmd (Admin), I get the Extended version of cleanmgr ???

    Thanks
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