How to verify the Page File location through a script:
The following knowledgebase will explain the methods you can use to check the Location of Page File on local and remote computer.
To check on local computer:
You can use the following methods:
- Connecting to Remote Registry Service
- Using a script
The first method is easy but includes a lot of efforts. You can navigate to the following location in registry after connecting to remote registry:
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management
The above registry key includes the following values in right pane:
pagingfiles REG_MULTI_SZ c:\pagefile.sys 3131 3131\0\0
To check on a Remote Computer:
You can use the below script to check the Paging File location on a remote computer:
@echo off
Srvlist=C:\Temp\Srvlist.txt
Echo Computer Name, Paging File Location >> Result.csv
SET PF_Loc=
For /F “Tokens=*” %%a In (%srvlist%) Do (
Set Comp_name=%%a
Set RegQry=”\\%%a\HKLM\system\currentcontrolset\control\session manager\Memory management /v pagingfiles
REG.exe Query %RegQry% > CheckCC.txt
FOR /f “Tokens=3” %%b in (CheckCC.txt) Do SET PF_Loc=%%b
Echo %Comp_name, %PF_Loc% >> Result.csv
)
The above script will check remote computer for one registry entry for Paging File location and the results will be saved in a CSV format file.