Disable Low Disk Space Notification (Windows XP)

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Disable Low Disk Space Notification (Windows XP)
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This setting controls whether you receive a "Low Disk Space" warning when free disk space reaches less than 200 megabytes.

Open your registry and find the key below.

Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value called 'NoLowDiskSpaceChecks' using the settings below.

Exit your registry, you may need to restart or log out of Windows for the change to take effect.


(Default)	REG_SZ	(value not set)
NoLowDiskSpaceChecks	REG_DWORD	0x00000001 (1)


	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Exp...

Settings:

User Key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\
Explorer]
System Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\
Explorer]
Name: NoLowDiskSpaceChecks
Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Value: (0 = default, 1 = disable messages)

Disclaimer: Modifying the registry can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. We cannot guarantee that problems resulting from modifications to the registry can be solved. Use the information provided at your own risk.

Last Modified: April 8, 2002

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