All you really need to do is copy some files that are already located on your server into specific system folders, as described at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff630161(WS.10).aspx
The location of the files you need to copy depend on your version of Windows:
|
Operating System |
Architecture |
File Location |
|
Windows Server 2008 R2 |
64-bit |
C:Windowswinsxsamd64_microsoft-windows-cleanmgr_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7600.16385_none_c9392808773cd7dacleanmgr.exe |
|
Windows Server 2008 R2 |
64-bit |
C:Windowswinsxsamd64_microsoft-windows-cleanmgr.resources_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7600.16385_en-us_b9cb6194b257cc63cleanmgr.exe.mui |
|
Windows Server 2008 |
64-bit |
C:Windowswinsxsamd64_microsoft-windows-cleanmgr.resources_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.6001.18000_en-us_b9f50b71510436f2cleanmgr.exe.mui |
|
Windows Server 2008 |
64-bit |
C:Windowswinsxsamd64_microsoft-windows-cleanmgr_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.6001.18000_none_c962d1e515e94269cleanmgr.exe.mui |
|
Windows Server 2008 |
32-bit |
C:Windowswinsxsx86_microsoft-windows-cleanmgr.resources_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.6001.18000_en-us_5dd66fed98a6c5bccleanmgr.exe.mui |
|
Windows Server 2008 |
32-bit |
C:Windowswinsxsx86_microsoft-windows-cleanmgr_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.6001.18000_none_6d4436615d8bd133cleanmgr.exe |
Windows Server 2012:
C:WindowsWinSxSamd64_microsoft-windows-cleanmgr_31bf3856ad364e35_6.2.9200.16384_none_c60dddc5e750072acleanmgr.exe
C:WindowsWinSxSamd64_microsoft-windows-cleanmgr.resources_31bf3856ad364e35_6.2.9200.16384_en-us_b6a01752226afbb3cleanmgr.exe.mui
Windows Server 2012 R2: must install Desktop Experience. Use Powershell command:
Install-WindowsFeature Desktop-Experience
Once you’ve located the files move them to the following locations (Server 2012 non-R2 and earlier):
- Copy Cleanmgr.exe to %systemroot%System32.
- Copy Cleanmgr.exe.mui to %systemroot%System32en-US.
You can now launch the Disk cleanup tool by running Cleanmgr.exe from the command prompt.