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BearPajamaGod! Feb 12, 2020 @ 12:01pm
This game actually requires a pagefile to be enabled in order to play.
I figured I'd share some info in case anyone ever runs into this issue and doesn't know what a pagefile is.

I recently installed this game on my SSD which has pagefiles turned off and to my surprised when I booted it the game would no longer boot giving me a memory error. The way I fixed this was typing into my search bar on Windows 10 "View Advanced System Settings". From here under performance click settings then go to the advanced tab and chose change under Virtual Memory here you will see all your harddrives listed click on the one that the game is installed on and chose system managed located under the option of custom size now and between some blinked out options. After doing so click the option to set and hit apply followed by OK then exit out restart your PC and it should solve this specific memory issue if you had it.
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GOD RAYS ON ULTRA™ Feb 12, 2020 @ 1:21pm 
It's enabled by default and you should've never changed it in the first place.

Some so-called "hardware genius" started that years ago and it never made any sense. Don't ever listen to people like that. Just leave your windows default. If anyone ever tells you that again, just ignore them.
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BearPajamaGod! Feb 12, 2020 @ 1:37pm 
Originally posted by Eye of the Tiger™:
It's enabled by default and you should've never changed it in the first place.

Some so-called "hardware genius" started that years ago and it never made any sense. Don't ever listen to people like that. Just leave your windows default. If anyone ever tells you that again, just ignore them.
My SSD never had one enabled only my HDD. And I never messed with either of them.
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banzai bill Feb 13, 2020 @ 1:14am 
You only need a page file on the HDD / SSD your OS is running on, min. requirement is 400MB.
There are certain (windows-)programs that need it, no matter what.
Putting it completely on a different drive may cause instability. But splitting it is fine, as long as you keep the 400MB on the drive with your OS.
You also should use a fixed size, otherwise windows will always recalculate the 'needed' size which affects performance.
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