Comments for How do I schedule Disk Defragmenter to run with the Windows Task Scheduler?

Comment from MasterTech on 2008-10-15

2008-10-15T22:58:00Z

Ok, to get loggeddefrag.cmd to work right, you need to modify it like this: (without the "")

"defrag %* >c:\defrag.log 2>&1"

The %* will allow the cmd file to pick up command line options when executed.

To get the scheduled task to run right you need to edit it like this:

"%path%\loggeddefrag.cmd c:"

When you use defrag from the command line you always have to specify the target drive.

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Comment from anth11 on 2008-10-14

2008-10-14T22:01:11Z

To Frugalgeek.
Don't worry, Vista automatically defrags every week.
anth11

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Comment from Les Elton on 2008-08-27

2008-08-28T00:54:37Z

There were some previous comments to recommend Diskeeper. Diskeeper is an excellent product... on the workstation but has serous misgivings on a Server ! I have found Diskeeper on the server to create problems on our Database servers and email servers. Basically Diskeeper on the server creates timing problems when opening files, that create errors in both our Pervasive SQL database and our Mercury/32 email server.

We had to uninstall Diskeeper to keep those two programs running smoothly.

We have a similar issue with Undelete (similar product from Diskeeper), that creates timing issues, but so far we have been able to work around it by specifying exactly which files we want to monitor for deletion and which we do not. Kind of a pain, but there product has saved us from grief which is the only reason why its still installed.

Windows 2003 32bit server environments

Les Elton, Network Admin., ABC Recycling Ltd.

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Comment from The Frugal Geek on 2008-08-09

2008-08-09T18:03:59Z

Hi Leo, Great instructions! I posted a link on my new blog:

http://thefrugalgeek.blogspot.com/

Let me know if you have instructions for Vista, etc.

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Comment from Tim on 2008-01-17

2008-01-18T03:43:02Z

Defrag runs, but stops when it determines defrag is not needed, and waits for user input. Disk cleanup does the same. How do I get the programs to continue without user input?

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Comment from darlene on 2007-11-03

2007-11-04T00:33:17Z

I tried to do this, and it says I do not have permission to set the scheduled task, what do I do?

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Comment from Douglas Gray on 2007-10-19

2007-10-19T13:10:50Z

"Wow, incredible astroturfing from the people at Diskeeper. Could you make more obviously biased comment spam? Not a chance I'd ever try, let alone buy, your product now (and most of your comments are wrong). Diskeeper: either your sales policy is sleazy or an individual there is.

Posted by: Troy at June 5, 2007 07:02 PM"

Dear Troy

Of course you do realise when you state "Not a chance I'd ever try, let alone buy, your product now" that the Windows defrag routine is a cut-down version of Diskeeper. Let us know how you get on with the uninstall.

Cheers

Douglas

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Comment from Katie Heath on 2007-06-27

2007-06-27T07:38:35Z

Forgive me if I'm stating the obvious and/or not thinking properly...
I think the reason it flashes up and disappears again is 'cause it isn't running. It requires for you to specify the drive after typing in defrag. This is not specified. I changed the loggeddefrag file to "defrag c: >c:\defrag.log 2>&1" but it still didn't seem to work. Can anyone advise me?

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Comment from Troy on 2007-06-05

2007-06-06T02:02:41Z

Wow, incredible astroturfing from the people at Diskeeper. Could you make more obviously biased comment spam? Not a chance I'd ever try, let alone buy, your product now (and most of your comments are wrong). Diskeeper: either your sales policy is sleazy or an individual there is.

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Comment from Leo A. Notenboom on 2007-05-22

2007-05-22T22:58:13Z

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Access denied implies to me that you need to be logged in as administrator to
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Comment from David Heym on 2007-05-22

2007-05-22T15:52:48Z

Follow up to previous query about defrag. Re: your article on "When I use start-run and type in a command, why does a window just flash and disappear?" Which is what was happening to me. So I followed your directions, using cmd and the window did not disappear. Then when I put in the defrag command exactly as you have it. I get the message: "access is denied". When I followed the steps above it never asked for any password. I'm the only one using my machine.

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Comment from David Heym on 2007-05-22

2007-05-22T15:07:55Z

I followed directions to add the frag log to the running of the defrag routine. It was put into the schedule to run in the early am on Monday (yesterday). When the log was not created, I started investigating. I tried to run defrag from the run box in my XP Service Pack 2 system. The black box flashed momentarily and then vanished. This happened two or three times. I then ran the defrag routine that is a part of system tools and that said I didn't need to run it, but I did anyway; it took maybe an hour, and then finished fine. Every since service pack 2 certain things I have tried have acted like that: the black run box starting and then quitting without any messages or indications. I suspect there is a fundamental problem with the OS caused by service pack 2, but have no way of knowing what it is and of course of being able to correct it. Is this something that you could address?

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Comment from Dr. Arthur Billy on 2007-05-19

2007-05-19T17:35:30Z

What a convoluted way to schedule the Windows defragmenter which in my opinon as an archaic piece of software.

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Once you install Disjkeper 2007 it runs automatically in the background allof the time without interuption.You do not have to schedule it or stop working as you have to do with the Windows XP defragmenter.I am practically fragment free without doing anyhting. There are other nice things that you can also do with Diskeeper 2007. List Prices range from $29.95 to $129 for the different versions. I use the Diskeeper 2007 Premir Pro. It is fabulous. While you are at it also look at Diskeeper Undelete

Arthur F. Billy

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Comment from al on 2007-05-18

2007-05-19T02:16:59Z

I have wanting to do this for awhile. The problem is I am running windows 2000 and when I click on "program files" there is no "system 32".

Do these instruction work with windows 2000?

Alan
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Comment from dave b on 2007-05-16

2007-05-17T04:52:32Z

One of the cool aspects of Windows Vista: this is a default behavior. Once a week the disk defragger will kick off - 4:00 a.m. on Sunday morning.

The only drawback: the cute progress window (showing the fragmentation as the tool ran) has been eliminated in Vista... nothing to watch! If you like metrics, you can run defrag at the command prompt with the -a -v options.

The Vista version uses fewer system resources and will operate with a drive that is nearly full. Previous versions required 15 to 20 percent empty space on the disk.

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