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PowerShell Script to set the size of pagefile.sys

How to set the size of Page File on Windows(pagefile.sys) via PowerShell?

Solution

  • This is how we can update the size of pagefile.sys via PowerShell:

    # PowerShell Script to set the size of pagefile.sys

$computersys = Get-WmiObject Win32_ComputerSystem -EnableAllPrivileges;
$computersys.AutomaticManagedPagefile = $False;
$computersys.Put();
$pagefile = Get-WmiObject -Query "Select * From Win32_PageFileSetting Where Name like '%pagefile.sys'";
$pagefile.InitialSize = <New_Value_For_Size_In_MB>;
$pagefile.MaximumSize = <New_Value_For_Size_In_MB>;
$pagefile.Put();

    Execute the script as below:

    PS> .\update_pagefile_size.ps1;