"Brian Gregory" wrote in message
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On 09/07/2018 03:34, mike wrote:
On 7/7/2018 11:18 AM, freface wrote:

So hibernation is set to NEVER for both AC and Battery

So how do I delete hiberfil.sys ???
You can't.
You have to disable hibernation. That should automatically
remove the file.
Setting the hibernation to never is not the same thing.
powercfg -h off (there's some argument over whether it's
powercfg /h off) one should work.

On Windows 7 either /h or -h will work.


Conversely, powercfg -h on (or /h) does not always turn hibernation on. My
laptop used to hibernate and then stopped offering hibernation on the Power
menu: you could only Logoff, Restart or Shutdown. Powercfg gives no error
message but has no effect. The Control Panel | Power settings for all the
power plans have the hibernation stuff greyed out. No-one I asked, including
in any newsgroups, has offered an suggestions that fix it.

The laptop still goes into suspend-to-memory mode (which requires permanent
AC or battery power) but there's no longer a way to suspend to disk and then
turn the power off. This is a shame because the battery on my laptop is
utterly broken (it will not hold any charge) so I need to leave the laptop
permanently on mains (with the lid shut) or else I have to start from cold
each time which takes ages.