Windows 10: Change Optimize Drives Schedule Settings in Windows 10

How to: Change Optimize Drives Schedule Settings in Windows 10

How to Change Schedule Settings for Optimize Drives in Windows 10


Information One of the best ways you can improve your PC's performance is by optimizing the drive. Windows includes features to help optimize the different types of drives that PCs use today. No matter which type of drive your PC uses, Windows automatically chooses the optimization that's right for your drive.

By default, automatic maintenance. But you can also optimize drives on your PC manually.

You can turn on or off to run optimization on a schedule, select frequency to run schedule, and select the drives you want to optimize on a regular schedule.

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This tutorial will show you how to change the schedule settings for Optimize Drives to what you want in Windows 10.

You must be signed in as an administrator to be able to change the settings for Optimize Drives.



Here's How:

1. Do step 2 or step 3 below for how you would like to open Optimize Drives.


2. Open Optimize Drives from File Explorer Ribbon
A) Open This PC in File Explorer.

B) Select any hard drive, click/tap on the Drive Tools Manage tab, click/tap on Optimize button in the ribbon, and go to step 4 below. (see screenshot below)





3. Open Optimize Drives from Drive Properties
A) Open This PC in File Explorer.

B) Right click or press and hold on any hard drive, and click/tap on Properties. (see screenshot below)



C) Click/tap on the Tools tab, click/tap on the Optimize button, and go to step 4 below. (see screenshot below)




4. Click/tap on the Change settings button. (see screenshot below)



5. Do step 6 (off) or step 7 (on) below to turn on or off to run optimization on a regular schedule.


6. To Turn Off Run Optimize Drives on a Schedule
A) Uncheck the Run on a schedule box, and go to step 8 below. (see screenshot below)





7. To Turn On Run Optimize Drives on a Schedule
A) Check the Run on a schedule box. (see screenshot below)
NOTE: This is the default setting.

B) Select a Daily, Weekly (default), or Monthly frequency you want.

C) Check (default) or uncheck to Notify if three consecutive scheduled runs are missed.

D) Click/tap on the Choose button.



E) Select the drives you want to optimize on a regular schedule. (see screenshot below)
NOTE: Select all is the default setting.

F) Check (default) or uncheck to Automatically optimize new drives, click/tap on OK, and go to step 8 below.



8. Click/tap on OK. (see screenshot below step 6A or step 7D)

9. You can now close Optimize Drives if you like.



That's it,
Shawn


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• How to Optimize and Defragment Drives in Windows 10
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defragment

How is it responding?

it is automatic in windows 10. (default is all drives once a week)

open windows explorer, right click on a hard drive and select properties.

select the tools tab and click the optimize button

under 'scheduled optimization' click change settings

you can select drives, change frequency etc

 

Windows 10 Disk usage 100 %

I had the same problem. I tried turning off automatic optimization/defragmenting and that made it way better, but still a bit slower than when I was using windows 7. To do this search for 'defragment and optimize drives', open and change the settings scheduled
optimization so that 'run on a schedule' is unchecked.

 

How do I set the time of day for schedule? Would like optimization to run at night, prior to automatic imaging.

 

Looks like this is the answer.

 

That would be correct. *Smile

 

I have my SSD set to optimize daily, but it never optimizes the drive, even after a week of usage. I use sleep mode a lot if that means anything. I don't receive any notification they it's not optimizing the drive either. I have a 2TB Samsung 850 pro connected to a PCIE 2.0 sata 3 controller card.

 

Hello MUGEN02,

It's usually best to set the schedule to run at a time the computer will be running.

If you like, you might also set your Automatic Maintenance settings to be able to wake the computer to run to help.

Automatic Maintenance - Change Settings in Windows 10

 

Hwello Shawn does this apply to dual boot drives ?? ie pick the "drive" - partition and set each differently or the same whatever one wants?

 

Basically, you would set the schedule to how and when you want for all drives you select to be optimized on the schedule. Personally, I would uncheck the "Recovery" drive sine it doesn't get written to.

 

Howdy, please share the registry address for scheduler *Smile

 

No registry to disable Scheduled Defrag? *Smile