Powershell - Powertips: Disabling Automatic Page Files

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If you would like to programmatically control page file settings, you can use WMI but must enable all privileges using -EnableAllPrivileges. The code below will disable automatic page files:

$c = Get-WmiObject Win32_ComputerSystem -EnableAllPrvileges
$c.AutomaticManagedPagefile = $false
$c.Put()