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220-802 · Question #433

Which of the following applications can be scheduled to delete unwanted, compressed, older files?

The correct answer is B. Disk Cleanup. Disk Cleanup is the Windows utility designed to find and remove unnecessary files, including old compressed files, and it can be scheduled via Task Scheduler.

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Question

Which of the following applications can be scheduled to delete unwanted, compressed, older files?

Options

  • ADisk Defragmenter
  • BDisk Cleanup
  • CCHKDSK
  • DDisk Management

How the community answered

(34 responses)
  • B
    91% (31)
  • C
    6% (2)
  • D
    3% (1)

Why each option

Disk Cleanup is the Windows utility designed to find and remove unnecessary files, including old compressed files, and it can be scheduled via Task Scheduler.

ADisk Defragmenter

Disk Defragmenter reorganizes fragmented file data on a disk to improve read performance but does not delete any files.

BDisk CleanupCorrect

Disk Cleanup scans for and removes temporary files, system files, Recycle Bin contents, and compressed older files to free disk space. It can be automated by scheduling it through Task Scheduler using the command 'cleanmgr /sagerun', making it the only tool among the choices that both targets unwanted file categories and supports scheduling.

CCHKDSK

CHKDSK scans the disk for file system errors and bad sectors and repairs logical file system issues but does not remove or clean up user files.

DDisk Management

Disk Management is used to initialize disks, create and format partitions, and assign drive letters - it has no file deletion or scheduling capability.

Concept tested: Scheduling Disk Cleanup to remove unwanted files

Source: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/disk-cleanup-in-windows-8a96ff42-5751-39ad-23d6-434b4d5b9a68

Topics

#Disk Cleanup#Windows utilities#file management#scheduled maintenance

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