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Page File Scripts

List Page File Performance
List Page File Properties
List Page File Use
Modify Page File Properties

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List Page File Performance


Uses cooked performance counters to return page file performance information.
strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
    & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
set objRefresher = CreateObject("WbemScripting.SWbemRefresher")
Set colItems = objRefresher.AddEnum _
    (objWMIService, "Win32_PerfFormattedData_PerfOS_PagingFile").objectSet
objRefresher.Refresh

For i = 1 to 5
    For Each objItem in colItems
        Wscript.Echo "Caption: " & objItem.Caption
        Wscript.Echo "Description: " & objItem.Description
        Wscript.Echo "Name: " & objItem.Name
        Wscript.Echo "Percent Usage: " & objItem.PercentUsage
        Wscript.Echo "Percent Usage Peak: " & objItem.PercentUsagePeak
        Wscript.Sleep 2000
        objRefresher.Refresh
    Next
Next

List Page File Properties


Lists the properties of all the page files on a computer.
strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
    & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")

Set colPageFiles = objWMIService.ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_PageFile")

For Each objPageFile in colPageFiles
    Wscript.Echo "Creation Date: " & objPageFile.CreationDate
    Wscript.Echo "Description: " & objPageFile.Description
    Wscript.Echo "Drive: " & objPageFile.Drive        
    Wscript.Echo "File Name: " & objPageFile.FileName  
    Wscript.Echo "File Size: " & objPageFile.FileSize  
    Wscript.Echo "Initial Size: " & objPageFile.InitialSize
    Wscript.Echo "Install Date: " & objPageFile.InstallDate
    Wscript.Echo "Maximum Size: " & objPageFile.MaximumSize
    Wscript.Echo "Name: " & objPageFile.Name  
    Wscript.Echo "Path: " & objPageFile.Path  
Next

List Page File Use


Retrieves page file usage statistics. 
strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
    & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")

Set colPageFiles = objWMIService.ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_PageFileUsage")

For Each objPageFile in colPageFiles
    Wscript.Echo "Allocated Base Size: " & objPageFile.AllocatedBaseSize
    Wscript.Echo "Current Usage: " & objPageFile.CurrentUsage
    Wscript.Echo "Description: " & objPageFile.Description
    Wscript.Echo "Install Date: " & objPageFile.InstallDate
    Wscript.Echo "Name: " & objPageFile.Name   
    Wscript.Echo "Peak Usage: " & objPageFile.PeakUsage 
Next

Modify Page File Properties


Sets the initial size of a page file to 300 megabytes, and the maximum size to 600 megabytes. 
strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
    & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")

Set colPageFiles = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
    ("Select * from Win32_PageFileSetting")

For Each objPageFile in colPageFiles
    objPageFile.InitialSize = 300
    objPageFile.MaximumSize = 600
    objPageFile.Put_
Next