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Windows 2000 - The swap file causes error messages

November 25, 2013
Updated: December 4, 2023
Quick overview:

Es kann vorkommen, dass sie während ihrer Arbeit mit Windows von einer Fehlermeldung unterbrochen werden, die besagt, dass die Auslagerungsdatei entweder zu klein oder nicht vorhanden ist, obwohl sie die Auslagerungsdatei üppig bemessen haben und diese auch tatsächlich da ist. Abhilfe schafft in diesem Fall ein Eingriff in die Registry.

1. First click on Start and then go to Run. A small command line will appear in which you type the word regedit and confirm by clicking on OK.

2. You will now see the Windows registry in front of you, which you can browse through like your hard disk. Now navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_ MACHINE\ SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management and double-click on PagingFiles in the right-hand pane.

3. You will now see a text such as C:\pagefile.sys 384 768 in the pop-up window that appears. Now increase the value so that at the end the line reads C:\pagefile.sys 512 1024. This should be sufficient in any case. If the message still appears, you can also go up step by step.

4. Nachdem sie mit OK bestätigt, Regedit geschlossen und Windows neugestart haben, gehört diese Meldung der Vergangenheit an.
Fehlermeldung über Auslagerungsdatei Part II
Falls die oben genannte Lösung nicht funktioniert, so habe ich noch eine Möglichkeit diese Unannehmlichkeit effektiv zu beseitigen.

1. Go through the first 2 steps from above and search in the right-hand pane only for a value called TempPageFile.

2. If this is present, you must now select and delete it.

After a restart, the message has finally disappeared from the screen.

NOTE FOR NEW PUBLICATION: This article was produced by Sandro Villinger and comes from the Windows Tweaks archive, which has been built up since the late 1990s.

Founded Windows Tweaks as a teenager in 2001, his helpful PC tricks made it Germany's most visited Windows site (at the time Sandro looked like this). He then went on to write for international publications such as PC-Praxis, Computerbild, PCWorld in the USA, IMTEST.de and Hifi.de. Sandro's main job is as Global Product Marketing Lead and Consultant for various global tech companies, including Microsoft, AVG, Avast, Nero, TeamViewer, Swiss IT Security Group and now currently in the fintech sector for Gendigital. But he can't get rid of his passion and shares his tweaks here again. Privately, he enjoys traveling the world and loves Asia, especially Japan, Singapore and Korea, but also natural places like Iceland and the Nordics. You can reach Sandro via e-mail.

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