Change the Cache Write Delay (Windows 98/Me)

During the shutdown process the contents of the virtual cache are written to the hard drives. This setting specifies the timeout to wait for the cache to be written to the drive.

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Open your registry and find or create the key below.

Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value, called "CacheWriteDelay" and set it according to the value data below.

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

Note: This can be used to solve the problem where ScanDisk runs at startup even though Windows was shut down correctly. More information in Microsoft article Q273017.

		(Default)	REG_SZ	(value not set)
		CacheWriteDelay	REG_DWORD	2000

	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion

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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.