Is it possible to remove the hibernate file on a Windows7 desktop
machine. I've made sure that in power options the machine will never
hibernate, but the system still prevents me deleting the 2.5Gb file.

Did you disable Hibernation from the power options setting in Control Panel?
That'll remove the giant file.

"Oldster" <Jonathan.Bartrum@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> Is it possible to remove the hibernate file on a Windows7 desktop
> machine. I've made sure that in power options the machine will never
> hibernate, but the system still prevents me deleting the 2.5Gb file.[/color]

"Oldster" <Jonathan.Bartrum@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> Is it possible to remove the hibernate file on a Windows7 desktop
> machine. I've made sure that in power options the machine will never
> hibernate, but the system still prevents me deleting the 2.5Gb file.[/color]

From an elevated command prompt, POWERCFG -H OFF works on Vista,
probably for Windows 7 as well.

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Zaphod

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"Zaphod Beeblebrox" <Zaphod.Arisztid.Beeblebrox******.com> wrote in message
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> "Oldster" <Jonathan.Bartrum@ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:OMZbqggaKHA.1648@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...[color=green]
>> Is it possible to remove the hibernate file on a Windows7 desktop machine. I've made sure that in power options
>> the machine will never hibernate, but the system still prevents me deleting the 2.5Gb file.[/color]
>
> From an elevated command prompt, POWERCFG -H OFF works on Vista, probably for Windows 7 as well.
>
> --
> Zaphod
>[/color]

It does work in Win7, in fact it looks like it's the only way in Win7 to remove this file.

As far as I can see all the settings referring to Hibernate are OFF


"John" <a> wrote in message news:#Ab4VsgaKHA.5544@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> Did you disable Hibernation from the power options setting in Control
> Panel? That'll remove the giant file.
>
> "Oldster" <Jonathan.Bartrum@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
> news:OMZbqggaKHA.1648@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...[color=green]
>> Is it possible to remove the hibernate file on a Windows7 desktop
>> machine. I've made sure that in power options the machine will never
>> hibernate, but the system still prevents me deleting the 2.5Gb file.[/color]
>
>[/color]

Yea. That worked. Great. But I don't understand why the more nomal "Power"
interface doesn't seem to do the job!


"Zaphod Beeblebrox" <Zaphod.Arisztid.Beeblebrox******.com> wrote in message
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> "Oldster" <Jonathan.Bartrum@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
> news:OMZbqggaKHA.1648@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...[color=green]
>> Is it possible to remove the hibernate file on a Windows7 desktop
>> machine. I've made sure that in power options the machine will never
>> hibernate, but the system still prevents me deleting the 2.5Gb file.[/color]
>
> From an elevated command prompt, POWERCFG -H OFF works on Vista, probably
> for Windows 7 as well.
>
> --
> Zaphod
>
> Vell, Zaphod's just zis guy, ya know? - Gag Halfrunt
>
>
>[/color]