DiskState has three separate configuration windows of switches (options) for you to choose from. Many of them will probably not be useful, besides those recommended by support if you are experiencing problems with DiskState.
Please note that it is NOT dangerous to play with the knobs here. DiskState will not stop working properly as a result. You are just changing the default behavior of this program.
Anyway, this page will give a couple of hot tips on which options that are useful. Remember, each option in DiskState has a tooltip. Thus, you will get a short description by hovering the mouse cursor above each option.
Always on Litestep virtual desktops
Do you have Litestep installed? It is a great replacement for the normal boring Windows interface. If you are using Litestep, you can make DiskState appear on every virtual desktop like a sticky application.
Ignore network mapped devices
If you are using mapped network devices over a slow internet connection, it may help to turn on the option "Don't detect network mapped devices".
View how much disk is used for swap space / virtual memory
Per default, DiskState report only the portion of the paging file actually used for virtual memory. If the option "Show physical allocated swap space" is enabled, DiskState will instead report the total sizes of the paging files, regardless if the space is actually used by Windows. In summary, enable this option to see the total disk space used for the virtual memory files - leave this option unchecked to get to know the allocated/used portion for virtual memory.
Don't Query Version Info
This option is a "debug" option. Version.dll (core OS file) may crash with dates above the year 2036 (NT4 SP4). Enabling this option will make DiskState alleviate this OS bug and not crash.
Automatically refresh State Captures
You can make DiskState automatically update the currently viewed list of changed, added and deleted files in State Captures.
Show allocated disk space per file
File systems uses different cluster sizes per file. That is, if a file takes 42 bytes, it may consume 4096 bytes on your hard drive. If you enable this option, DiskState will show the actual file size in Disk Analysis and DiskClean.
Short delays when mouse over volume name
If you like things in the fast lane, enable this option to produce a more responsive main window of DiskState.
Find Dialog: Match whole path
If you like to search for particular file paths instead of file names, enable this option "In Find Dialog...".
Fast duplicate file search
Enable "Ignore duplicate files of less than give file size" and "Use CRC-32 instead of MD5 in duplicate search" in the option tabs. This way, DiskState ignores small files and uses a less CPU intensitive algorithm to spot duplicates. You can set the minimum file size to check for duplicates in the Classic Mode of Dupes Search. Besides from being somewhat faster, the CRC-32 algorithm may help systems where the duplicate process detection hangs. The CRC-32 is quite accurate, but obviously not as accurate as the 128-bit MD5. However, for most cases the list of duplicates stays the same either option. Thus, it should work fine for most people.
Keep a tidy desktop
Enable the "Auto-minimize..." option to make DiskState hide windows not in use.