{"id":76104,"date":"2024-07-26T12:34:14","date_gmt":"2024-07-26T07:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=76104"},"modified":"2024-07-26T12:34:43","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T07:04:43","slug":"windows-created-temporary-paging-file","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/windows-created-temporary-paging-file\/","title":{"rendered":"Fix: “Windows created a temporary paging file” message at startup"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sometimes, you may need to turn off the paging file on the OS partition for testing or when shrinking the C drive. After turning off the paging file<\/a> (“pagefile.sys”) on the OS partition and enabling it on another drive or partition, Windows keeps creating a temporary paging file on the OS partition.<\/p>\n

The following notification appears at startup.<\/p>\n

Windows created a temporary paging file on your computer because of a problem that occurred with your paging file configuration when you started your computer. The total paging file size for all disk drives may be somewhat larger than the size you specified.<\/pre>\n
\"disable<\/p>\n
Cause<\/h2>\n
Windows may keep creating a temporary paging file on the OS volume because of the PagefileOnOsVolume<\/strong> registry setting.<\/p>\n
When BitLocker is enabled on the computer, it creates the “PagefileOnOsVolume” registry value and sets its data to “1”. This forces Windows to create pagefile.sys<\/em> on the OS partition, ignoring your custom settings in the “Performance Options” dialog.<\/p>\n
BitLocker enables the registry setting to help protect confidential data in a page file.<\/p>\n
RELATED:<\/strong> See “Disable the Paging file” in the article “Cannot shrink a volume beyond the point” when Resizing a Partition<\/a><\/div>\n
Resolution<\/h2>\n
To stop Windows from creating the paging file in the OS partition on BitLocker-enabled systems, please use the registry edit below:<\/p>\n
    \n
  1. Launch Regedit.exe and go to the following key:\n
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\Session Manager\\Memory Management<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
  2. Double-click PagefileOnOsVolume<\/strong> and set it to 0<\/strong>.
    \n\"disable<\/li>\n
  3. Exit the Registry Editor.\n
    If necessary, configure the paging file settings again. To do so, launch the file SystemPropertiesAdvanced.exe<\/strong>, click “Settings” under Performance, click “Advanced’, and click “Change”. Configure the paging file settings there.\"You<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  4. Restart Windows.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    That should stop Windows from creating pagefile.sys<\/em> in the OS partition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
    Sometimes, you may need to turn off the paging file on the OS partition for testing or when shrinking the C drive. After turning off the paging file (“pagefile.sys”) on the OS partition and enabling it on another drive or partition, Windows keeps creating a temporary paging file on the OS partition. The following notification … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,869],"tags":[191,441],"class_list":["post-76104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windows-10","category-windows-11","tag-error-messages","tag-registry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8934,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/you-cannot-shrink-volume-beyond-point-disk-mgmt\/","url_meta":{"origin":76104,"position":0},"title":"[Fix] “Cannot shrink a volume beyond the point” when Resizing a Partition Using Disk Management","author":"Ramesh","date":"April 30, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"When you use the Disk Management console to shrink the volume in which the Operation System is installed, you're unable to choose a value (to shrink) beyond a limit. 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