Overview

I was wondering just how much of my system's paging files were being used, so I threw together a Visual Basic 6 program to report the information shown below.

The program reports on the current Windows session, so you should run the program just before you reboot or power down the system.

You may start the program, and have the information updated at an interval you specify while the program is running. In this case, you may wish to minimize the Form to get it out of the way.

Output

A log file named PagefileLog.txt is recorded in the same directory in which you have placed the executable file. .

Requirements

In order to run this program, you will need to have the following installed:

Windows 2000, or later.
WMI: The wbemdisp.tlb type library must be installed. If installed the file, is usually found in the system32\wbem directory in your Windows (or WinNT) directory.
Either Microsoft Visual Basic 6 or the Microsoft Visual Basic 6 run-time files: If you have neither, then you can download the Visual Basic 6 run-time files by following the instructions in VBRun60.exe Installs Visual Basic 6.0 Run-Time Files.

I have developed the program using Microsoft Windows 2000, but expect that the program will work in other Microsoft Windows operating systems meeting the above requirements.

Running the program

There is no installation necessary, just directly run the program by double-clicking on the PageFileUsageMonitor.exe file, or by using a shortcut to that file.

When you run the program, a Visual Basic 6 Form will be displayed that looks something like the Form below. The Form was designed using a screen resolution of 1280 x 1024. You may minimize the Form to get it out of the way.

The Form includes the following controls.

Control	Purpose
Hours, Minutes, Seconds, Milliseconds	The update interval will be the sum of the values you enter. For each unit of time, you may choose one of the preset values or type the value.
Update/Stop	Update: Causes the information displayed, and added to the file, to be updated at the specified interval. Stop: Stops the updating.
Exit	Exit the program.

PageFileUsageMonitor