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How to Remove the NAG Screen from Diskeeper Lite
Diskeeper Lite is a great freebie but the nag screen is extremely intrusive. So intrusive that it goaded subscriber "Koolance" to find a way of removing it. Here's the way he did it:
"1. First make sure you have set file extensions to be displayed in Windows Explorer. To do this open Explorer and go to Folder Options / View tab and uncheck "Hide extensions for known file types".
2. Open Notepad and without writing anything select File / Save as and then name the file "ShowHtml.exe". In other words create a blank file of that name.
3. Open the directory you installed Diskeeper Lite in. Normally this is C:\Program Files\Executive Software\DiskeeperLite. Copy and Paste the file you just created into this folder. Select YES when ask if you want to replace the existing file.
That's it. No more nag screen! The buttons in Diskeeper Lite that bring up the "Nag Screen" will now do nothing.
If you want to, go back to Folder Options-->View tab and un-check "Hide extensions for known file types".
Another useful trick with Diskeeper Lite is to add automatic scheduling. This useful feature is available in the full version but not the Lite. I described how you could set up automatic scheduling here.
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I noticed that you are reviewing Diskeeper Lite which is a product that has not been available for quite some time. Even though this product is better than the Windows built-in defragmenter, I would strongly recommend that you try their new product Diskeeper 2009.
Diskeeper 2009 provides the following improvements over the Lite version:
1. Automatic Defragmentation
2. Better Defragmentation Engine than the Lite Version
3. I-FAAST Technology which optimizes frequently used files
5. Improved Free Space Consolidation
6. Frag Shield which protects your paging and master file table
7. Boot-time Defragmentation option which allows you to defragment
system files that are in use while Windows is running.
You can download the latest version at wwww.diskeeper.com
This site so often intrigues a novice like myself to be bold and try new software. This 'rid of nag' topic caught my eye in particular, because free Avast AV is really annoying me at the moment with the upgrade to Avast supreme or whatever it is called. No thanks Avast. Anyhow, i googled Diskeeper Lite out of curiousity, to see what it does. To my surprise- i see the dreaded scientology word in a link! The below link probably goes some way to explaining why Diskeeper Lite was extremely annoying.
http://realitybasedcommunity.net/archive/2008/12/former_cio_sues.php
Great site Gizmos.
All the best.
Thanks Gizmo....you're da bomb!
Beeber
Re: Getting rid of the Nag screen.
Great Tip..... thank you.
CM
Hi,
I gess the link about Automatic Scheduling is wrong the right one is:
http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-program-scheduler.htm
Rui Paz
This is the first time I have tried to post a comment on ANY web-site, so please bear with me if I am breaching any of the protocols.
Having installed Diskeeper Lite thru' GIZMO for some time now, the NAG screen used to drive me ballistic.
Summary execution has just been enacted, and I'm absolutely tickled pink !
For anyone like me using TeraCopy, just overwrite the existing file when asked.
Thank you for this...... I feel so empowered !
John Thirsk ( username MAKFARLAN )
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