On Thu, 12 Nov 2020 20:47:31 +0000, Andy Burns wrote:

Rene Lamontagne wrote:

I may have lost my marbles today, can't find advanced settings to do
swapfile settings, version 20H2 19042.630, used to be in Control
panelsystem.

start/settings/system/about/advanced-system-settings/advanced/performance-settings/advanced/virtual-memory/change

Hi Andy,

I tried to get to that "Advanced" tab in a _single_ step; but failed.
o So the shortest I could make it, just by testing, was two steps.
Win+R systempropertiesperformance Advanced (tab) [Change...]

The trick is knowing this simple Windows 10 executable exists:
o Win+R %windir%\system32\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe

Can you try this out for me to see if it also works for you?
o Win+R systempropertiesperformance

If that works for you (as it does for me), maybe this will work for the OP:
mklink %userprofile%\desktop\systempropertiesperformance. exe
%windir%\system32\systempropertiesperformance.exe

However, I couldn't get that link to automatically open to the "Advanced"
tab.
o Can you?
--
EVERYTHING BELOW IS A DETAIL ON THE ABOVE:
o https://i.postimg.cc/3rsypchD/page01.jpg 16GB pagefile, active dump
o https://i.postimg.cc/CKxdSyG9/page02.jpg 16GB pagefile, complete dump
o https://i.postimg.cc/zXYB3HwC/page03.jpg 16GB pagefile, 2GB mem dump
o https://i.postimg.cc/KvsqxmX8/pagefile04.jpg C:\ pagefile & swapfile

Regarding settings, I've been there myself, recently, for my BSOD thread:
o Given a 16GB pagefile.sys size, why is my BSOD crash log only 2GB?
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/alt.comp.microsoft.windows/9zacrNb657k
o What else in Win10 can we turn off that hinders successful rebooting
after a BSOD event that can chew up the operating system?
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/alt.comp.microsoft.windows/DlMnG1klEhc
o Windows 10 BSOD indicates a hardware problem - but what hardware is the
problem?
https://alt.comp.os.windows-10.narkive.com/oL7PTNKu/windows-10-bsod-indicates-a-hardware-problem-but-what-hardware-is-the-problem
http://www.pcbanter.net/showthread.php?t=1110105
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/alt.comp.microsoft.windows/u0ay9h777Wg
etc.

Where, purely for efficiency, we should be able to do it in fewer steps.

To see if we can shorten that specific process to fewer steps:
o
start/settings/system/about/advanced-system-settings/advanced/performance-settings/advanced/virtual-memory/change

1. First thing I did was follow those exact steps, which translated,
at least on my Win10 v2004, to the following more specific steps:
o Win+I System About Related settings (section) System info
(that pops up the cp set to "Control Panel\System and Security\System")
Advanced system settings (left section)
(that pops up a "System Properties" form set to the "Advanced" tab)
Performance (section) [Settings...] (button)
(that pops up "Performance Options" set to the "Visual Effects" tab)
Advanced (tab)
Virtual memory (section) [Change...] (button)
(that pops up "Virtual Memory" with the "C:" drive already pre selected)
Here are the options to change the "Paging file size for each drive"

That answers the original question...
o But my quest (always) is how to get there in fewer steps.

2. Certainly we can get to the control panel "System" in a single step.
o Win+R control /name Microsoft.System

3. Just as certainly, we can get to "System Properties" in a single step.
o Win+R control sysdm.cpl

4. Even better, we can get to its "Advanced" tab in a single step.
o Win+R SystemPropertiesAdvanced.exe

5. From there, we can follow through:
o Win+R systempropertiesadvanced Performance (section):
[Settings...]
Advanced (tab) Virtual memory (section): [Change...]

6. But even better, we can lop off a step from the above sequence:
o Win+R systempropertiesperformance Advanced [Change...]

Note: I tried to get to the "Advanced" tab in one step, but failed.