How to disable 'Clear Pagefile at Shutdown'

[matty13]

Tutorial: How to disable 'Clear Pagefile at Shutdown'

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Step 1:

Go to Start -> Run

Type in the box

regedit

Step 2:

Navigate to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management

Step 3:

Change the value of ClearPageFileAtShutdown to

Close down registry.

Restart Computer

How to do the opposite:

Change the value of ClearPageFileAtShutdown to 1

Close down registry.

(This will clear paging file at shutdown!)

Restart Computer

[Orange]

Already knew of this and works a treat once done!

[I8PP]

Isn't this disabled by default? Mine isn't set to 1

[Wanderermy]

mine also is at 0 by default

[The_Decryptor Veteran]

Yeah, should be disabled by default (can enable it for a security feature, so somebody can't take the HD out of your system and read the pagefile for passwords or such)

[nevets]

  The_Decryptor said:

Yeah, should be disabled by default (can enable it for a security feature, so somebody can't take the HD out of your system and read the pagefile for passwords or such)

I have on bc I have sensitive info on my laptop, it would be nice to have a "clear pagefile" button in the HD clean up wizard tool.