Windows 8.1: Is there a way to find out how much swap space is currently being used?

Not the size of the file on the disk.

Older versions of Windows used to have "%pagefile in use" in the Performance Monitor.

Thanks.

UPDATE: In turns out Windows 8.1 still includes the Performance Monitor, perfmon.exe, which includes a counter for Paging File % Usage.

Thank you for your answers.

Emery Lapinski

Posted 2014-11-19T17:21:10.050

Reputation: 101

@Ramhound Your Windows 7 task manager looks like this?

– Jason – 2014-11-19T17:54:27.720

Answers

Run Process Hacker, click on Tools->Pagefiles.

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Here you see the usage of all pagefiles:

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magicandre1981

Posted 2014-11-19T17:21:10.050

Reputation: 86 560

Use Windows + S to open search, type task, open Task Manager, click Performance, click Memory. The bottom line states the "Paged pool" size.

Jason

Posted 2014-11-19T17:21:10.050

Reputation: 5 925

You're overcomplicating it... the OP just has to right click the taskbar and select 'Task Manager'. It takes 10x less time than your solution. – AStopher – 2014-11-19T17:44:43.960

@cybermonkey That only works from the desktop. The way I stated it works from the Start Screen, the desktop, metro apps, etc. I'd also argue that some people are faster on a keyboard than mouse. – Jason – 2014-11-19T17:47:25.243

1If we are being this picky you can just press Ctrl + Shift + Esc and achieve the same solution faster than either method... – Jason Bristol – 2014-11-19T17:48:57.997

@JasonBristol Yet another way to open the Task Manager. :) I try to find a balance between conciseness and unobscurity. – Jason – 2014-11-19T17:52:06.610