Can't Defrag with Win7 tools

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Punk

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Hello,

I've been trying to defrag for a while but whenever I launch the Defrag tool on Win7 it gives me an error telling me I need to start the Task Planner service (French -> English translation...).

Any ideas on how to do that?
 
S.T.A.R.S. said:
Have you tryed in SAFE MODE WITH COMMAND PROMPT using the following command:

defrag.exe C: /F /V
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Forget this ^

Do this:
  1. Right-click My Computer and from the drop down menu click Manage.
  2. From the Services and Applications menu, click Services.
  3. From the right scroll down menu, double-click Task Scheduler.
  4. Click the Log On tab, select the Local System Account and Allow Service to Interact with Desktop options, and then click Apply.
  5. Click the General tab, click Start.
 
Okedokey said:
Forget this ^

Do this:
  1. Right-click My Computer and from the drop down menu click Manage.
  2. From the Services and Applications menu, click Services.
  3. From the right scroll down menu, double-click Task Scheduler.
  4. Click the Log On tab, select the Local System Account and Allow Service to Interact with Desktop options, and then click Apply.
  5. Click the General tab, click Start.
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Thanks for the help.

I can't even start the service and can't change anything in the Task Scheduler's Log On Tab...
 
I would suggest setting it back to the top normal startup setting, this should reset everything to run at startup, then check the defrag service is working, then you can go back through and get rid of anything you do not want running at startup.
 
jamesd1981 said:
I would suggest setting it back to the top normal startup setting, this should reset everything to run at startup, then check the defrag service is working, then you can go back through and get rid of anything you do not want running at startup.
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Thanks that fixed the problem :)
 
For future reference, start > run > services.msc will allow you to start, stop, and change parameters of services without rebooting.

Also auslogics disk defrag works a lot better than the windows one... just ignore it when it tells you there's junk files etc, cause it's crap, just like ccleaner promoting their paid version...
 
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