Disk Cleanup cannot clean up drive

Running Vista Home Premium 64-bit, version 6.0.6002.18005, whenever I try to run Disk Cleanup I get the message "Disk Cleanup cannot clean up drive X:\.". This happens regardless of drive chosen (C, D (factory image partition), or F (attached backup drive)), and regardless of whether I am running it for my files only or those of all users. It also happens when I boot up in safe mode.

C: drive has 314 GB of 687 GB free. It has NTFS file system.

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Charles,

First, verify that the time, date/year & time-zone are set correctly

Clear up your Temp File/Cache. Clean up the system (clearing out all the temp/tmp folders, and included all offline content, clearing the browser tif, delete cookies, etc. etc..

<<http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/delcache.htm>>

(Important: One of the normal steps in eliminating malicious programs is to entirely delete the contents of all Temp folders.

<<http://www.winhelp.us/index.php/windows/enhancing-windows-performance/free-up-disk-space-in-windows.html>>

Best and easier to use - CCleaner.

Download the basic (slim) build via

<<http://www.ccleaner.com/download/builds.aspx>>

The basic (slim) build does not contain the disgusted Toolbar

DO NOT USE ANY Advanced cleaning options. DO NOT TOUCH THE REGISTRY. At least not for now.

Reboot.

UTC/GMT is 18:56 on Friday, July 20, 2012