I am trying to get rid of the hiberfil.sys file, with no luck.
I tried turning off hibernation in the Settings, with this guide
Turning off "Allow hybrid sleep" did not change anything. Windows doesn't remove the file, and I am not allowed to remove the file.
Typing the powercfg.exe -h off command also did not change anything. I get an error, Windows doesn't remove the file, and I am not allowed to remove the file.
C:\Users\Cogni>powercfg.exe -h off
Unable to perform operation. An unexpected error (0x65b) has
occurred: Function failed during execution.
I tried restarting the computer, still nothing works.
How do I fix this?
Best Answer
Hibernating needs to be off, and only an administrator can change that setting. Then you need to restart to remove the OS's lock on the file, and after the restart, the file is gone.