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  1. Posts : 68,543
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
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       #100

    rdwray said:
    I just looked in Task Manager at Defrag and it has "%windir%\system32\defrag.exe -c -h -o -$" and option "-$" is not listed in defrag; what is it???

    Hello rdwray, :)

    $ = Tells defrag.exe that it is being called from the task scheduler. It's not a new parameter for the command prompt.
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  2. Posts : 841
    Windows 10 Pro 21H2
       #101

    Ok, then why does it have to tell "defrag.exe that it is being called from the task scheduler"?
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  3. Posts : 5,478
    2004
       #102

    rdwray said:
    I just looked in Task Manager at Defrag and it has "%windir%\system32\defrag.exe -c -h -o -$" and option "-$" is not listed in defrag; what is it???
    The "-$" means it is being called from task scheduler. What difference this makes is unclear - reduces priority perhaps.

    command line interface - Defrag options in Windows Server 2012 - Server Fault
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  4. Posts : 841
    Windows 10 Pro 21H2
       #103

    Thanks Brink and Guru... Another MS mystery.
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  5. Posts : 68,543
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
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       #104

    Indeed.
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  6. Posts : 1,871
    W10 pro x64 20H2 Build 19042.610
       #105

    Mooly said:
    I'm going to leave things as they are for now and see what happens next time. I certainly give it enough time idling to run maintenance tasks, and I'm sure it does this as there is other evidence that this happens. Its just the Optimise Routine that appears not to run weekly.
    As promised...

    It has gone 27 days without optimising, and now on the 28th day it suggests 'Needs Optimisation' which begs the question... well just do it then :) The set schedule is meaningless. Also, even partitions that have seen no change in data since last time are also advised to be optimised.

    Its not really a whinge, just an observation.

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  7. Posts : 68,543
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
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       #106

    I usually just end up manually checking about once a month or so to be sure.
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  8. Posts : 1,871
    W10 pro x64 20H2 Build 19042.610
       #107

    Oh OK. I'll let it drop now :) Honest.
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  9. Posts : 26
    Windows 10 Education
       #108

    How would I go about doing this with intel optain + HDD? I think something went wrong on my PC with possibly an update or something. It didn't do this when I looked at optimize drives a couple months ago
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    @Brink Do you have any idea what might have caused this? I used to be able to optimize both my external and C drive :/
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  10. Posts : 68,543
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       #109

    DJ Lune44 said:
    How would I go about doing this with intel optain + HDD? I think something went wrong on my PC with possibly an update or something. It didn't do this when I looked at optimize drives a couple months ago

    @Brink Do you have any idea what might have caused this? I used to be able to optimize both my external and C drive :/

    Hello DJ,

    Since this is for a hybrid Optane (SSD) + HDD drive, it will most likely have its own built-in hardware based optimization instead, and why it's not available in this tool.
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