Windows 10: Bluetooth headphones/audiodg.exe memory leak

So I recently purchased a pair of Bluetooth headphones, and I was using them last night until for some reason they disconnected from the PC and couldn't get them to reconnect. Within minutes, Windows told me I was low on memory, so I closed everything and launched Task Manager. Windows Audio Device Graph Isolation was using almost 5 GB of RAM and rising. I have 8 GB of RAM, and I've NEVER used more than half that, even with heavy graphic-intensive games. I tried closing the process, and it just kept popping right back up, at around 1 GB of RAM, and continuously eating up memory. I restarted, and immediately checked Task Manager. Same thing. Eating up memory. So I suddenly realized that there was a correlation between my malfunctioning Bluetooth connection and the audiodg acting up, so I removed the headphones from the settings, and almost immediately, the RAM consumption dropped.

That scared the living crap out of me. So now that I know what happened, and the cause of it, what can I do to make sure that this issue doesn't happen again? Is this a known problem with Bluetooth audio? I searched Google and found a lot of results, but most pertained to, well, Skype. And these were from last year. So you'd think that would have been patched by now, right? And it doesn't seem to relate to my problem, either, as the consensus among those affected was to restart Skype. But I don't USE Skype, hahaha. So I'm a bit confused as to whether this is a freak occurrence or not.

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audiodg.exe memory leak

I noticed a memory leak with my new laptop with audiodg.exe and used my google-fu to try to find a solution. All the answers I came upon could not be applied in my case as they say to disable all audio enhancements; I have no enhancements tab, or effects,
or whatever it may be called.

https://i.gyazo.com/69b8ddfe4bb21ea2c6e01b63f7aaca0c.png

Ran a troubleshoot and it told me to do the same thing. I'm lost here.

 

audiodg.exe memory leak

Hello,

I understand the inconvenience you are facing in Windows. We will help you.

Let’s try with the below steps and check if he issue resolves.

Method 1: Run an inbuilt Sound troubleshooter
and check if the same issue persists.

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  Press Windows + X keys and select the
  Control panel.
  
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  Type troubleshooting and select it.
  
• 
  Left pane select view all and select the
  Playing audio.
  
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  Run the troubleshooter and follow the instructions.
  
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  Restart the system and check.
  

If the issue doesn’t resolve then try with the next Method.

Method 2: try uninstalling the sound driver
and reinstalling it and check if the same issue persists.

• 
  Press Windows + X keys and select
  Device Manager.
  
• 
  Select Sound, video and gaming controllers.
  
• 
  Uninstall the High definition audio driver
  
• 
  Restart the system.
  

Method 3: Reinstall the driver downloading from the manufacturer website and check updating the device.

Refer to the below link to check how to install and update.

Refer:
How to Install and Update drivers in Windows 10

Keep us posted to help you better.