We have set a power plan for Windows 7 with sleep and hibernate after set to "0."
This works to the extent that the machines stay running online all day and never sleep or hibernate automatically.
However, hibernation is not truly disabled because the hibernate file of several gigs remains and even if we run the command powercfg /h off, it deletes the file for a moment, but the file is recreated within seconds. We cannot remove the file permanently.
The shutdown menu still shows the sleep and hibernation options even though the machines never hibernate based on a time limit.
How can we disable hibernate in a way so the hiberfil.sys file goes away permanently and the workstation cannot hibernate at all?
Everywhere I find in a web search says run the command powercfg -h off or powercfg,.exe /h off and that is not the solution for is because the hibernation file comes right back. That command is not a permanent solution.