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                  Unload .dll's to Free Memory

                               Views: 94788  |  Print Tweak  |  8/12/2002





                        Windows Explorer caches DLLs (Dynamic-Link Libraries) in 

                        memory for a period of time after the application using 

                        them has been closed. This can be an inefficient use of 

                        memory. 



                        1. Find the key 

                        [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer]. 



                        2. Create a new DWORD sub-key named 'AlwaysUnloadDLL' 

                        and set the default value to equal '1' to disable 

                        Windows caching the DLL in memory. 

                        3. Restart Windows for the change to take effect. 



                        I tried this after running a intense program, then 

                        watched the task manager; memory recovered it self. 







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