Freeing up Virtual Memory for apps

[Tmuld]

Hello,

I an application with several processes. I check task manager - and a
set process was using a certain amount of Memory and Virtual Memory.
I stopped and restarted the process - the Memory started at 0 and
incremented. The VM stay exactly at the same point it was before the
process was stopped.

Why didn't the VM start at 0 and work its way up? Can I force it to
do so?

thanks,

Tmuld.

 

[Jim]

Hello,

I an application with several processes. I check task manager - and a
set process was using a certain amount of Memory and Virtual Memory.
I stopped and restarted the process - the Memory started at 0 and
incremented. The VM stay exactly at the same point it was before the
process was stopped.

Why didn't the VM start at 0 and work its way up? Can I force it to
do so?

thanks,

Tmuld.

What task manager is showing is the amount of virtual memory which is
available for use. The amount that the process is actually using is
something entirely different.
I would suspect that every process on your system has the same amount of
virtual memory for use.
Jim

 

[Gerry]

Jim

I don't understand the basis for making this remark "I would suspect
that every process on your system has the same amount of
virtual memory for use."

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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[Gerry]

Task Manager records allocations of virtual memory not usge!
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.htm

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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