XP: Automatically defrag drives with a new context menu item

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Created: Aug 24, 2004


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Create a new Registry import file named context_defrag.inf in Notepad (be sure to save with it with the Save as type set to All Files and not Text Documents) and place the following text inside:

    ; context_defrag.INF
    ; Adds Defrag to the right click context menu in Windows XP
    [version]
    signature="$CHICAGO$"
    [DefaultInstall]
    AddReg=AddMe
    [AddMe]
    HKCR,"Drive\Shell\Defrag\command",,,"DEFRAG.EXE %1"

Then, right-click and choose Install. This will add a context menu to XP that allows you to automatically defrag drives, using the command line version of the built-in defragmentation utility. To use it, navigate to a drive in My Computer, right-click, and choose Defrag. A command line window will appear, and that drive will be defragged. When it's complete, the window just disappears.

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