Adobe Reader issue

[richard]

When I close a pdf file and check the task manager, I see that Adobe
Reader continues to hang onto a large segment of memory. Is this normal
and if not, anything I can do?
TIA

 

[Phil Weldon]

'richard' wrote:
| When I close a pdf file and check the task manager, I see that Adobe
| Reader continues to hang onto a large segment of memory. Is this normal
| and if not, anything I can do?
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Look at the column in 'Task Manger' that indicates the size of virtual
memory in use by Adobe Reader.

You will likely find that the virtual memory used is 80% of the total memory
used by Adobe Reader after you close Adobe Reader. Virtual memory is your
page file, and it does not take up physical memory. After closing Adobe
Reader, it will continue to occupy some physical memory until another
application needs that memory or more cache space is needed in physical
memory. You don't have a problem.

Phil Weldon

| When I close a pdf file and check the task manager, I see that Adobe
| Reader continues to hang onto a large segment of memory. Is this normal
| and if not, anything I can do?
| TIA

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE]

When I close a pdf file and check the task manager, I see that Adobe
Reader continues to hang onto a large segment of memory. Is this normal
and if not, anything I can do?
TIA

This is a Good Thing, not a bad thing. If you reopen it it will open
faster. If another program needs that memory Windows will give it to that
program.