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Calling Windows Hard Disk Defragmenter in VB.Net

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#1: Jan 30 '09
Can somebody tell me how to call Windows Hard Disk Defragmenter in VB.Net on Button Click. Any help is greatly appreciated.
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#2: Jan 30 '09

re: Calling Windows Hard Disk Defragmenter in VB.Net

Use the Process class to start an instance of dfrg.msc
That will launch the windows gui version of the defragger.

There is also defrag.exe which is a command line defragger
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