Windows 10: Manually Flush memory cache ?

Anyone familiar on how to manually flush memory cache and buffers as mentioned here but this method does not work on Windows10 ?

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how do you delete mobil update pictures off of the windows phone 7? please help

Those pictures you see in Mobile Updates are not stored on your phone...what you see are thumbnails which are stored temporarily in the phone's cache. After a while the cached files will be flushed or replace with other cached files.

If you tap on one of the thumbnails so that the full picture is displayed on the phone, the picture is displayed until you display the next picture or until you move on to another application or perform a soft reset. Then that larger picture is flushed from
the phone's memory.

 

Windows 10 File Explorer search tool not working

Please try CTRL+F5 to flush clear your Cache Memory. Delete temp and internet files. After this normally such problems are resolved. It is worth trying - - - -

Regards

Dr. Saleem Siddiqi

 

Haven't tested it so not sure it works but take a look here

Use Notepad to clear memory

 

Windows 10 is fully capable of clearing memory caches and buffers when necessary or desirable, and it will do a far better job than even the most expert user. There is no benefit in attempting to do so manually and this will in fact impair performance.

The author of the statements made in the article linked to in post #1 clearly has no understanding how memory is managed in a modern operating system.

The command:
"%windir%\system32\rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks" as shown in the article linked to above does not in fact clear memory. It was never designed to do so. This is a myth that has been passed around the Internet since the early days of XP. I don't know where the idea came from as the official documentation made no mention of clearing memory. I have tried the command in XP and Windows 7 and can confirm this. Memory usage actually increased.

This explains what the command really does:
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/83e1d0cb-ca82-4703-afe0-9b23d97d3df6/what-does-rundll32exe-advapi32dllprocessidletasks-do?forum=mscomops


The original Microsoft documentation is no longer available.

The command mentioned in post #2 will in fact clear memory. But this is a thoroughly BAD idea which will impair performance. Windows is fully capable of clearing unused memory when needed.

My advice would be to let Windows manage memory as it wishes. That is what the real experts do.

 

I searched and ask because I use a few memory intensive programs and it would be extremely beneficial if I could flush the memory since there are a few minor issues in Windows, particularly screen savers that won't activate that typically would and when I do a reboot, everything works like a charm since rebooting flushes memory it's fairly obvious where the problem lies but rebooting all the time may not be needed and can be a bit of a pain. If I could do this manually it would be extremely helpful but it is mentioned that is it no helpful. There must be a advanced solution to this problem that is a fair balance.

 

Rather than assuming your problems are due to a lack of free memory after closing memory intensive program it would be a good idea to check this in Task Manager. I strongly suspect that this is not the case at all.

 

When I close all the memory intensive programs and, for example, the screen saver continues not to activate, then it can only be a memory flush is needed, you could say one or two of the memory intensive programs is not releasing the memory even after closing but that doesn't help much if I can't do it manually in Windows.

 

You are making assuumptions not supported by the evidence.

 

There is no assumption or evidence, only a question; that is if there is a memory leak how can I retain that memory so that, such things such a the screen saver activate ?

 

Memory leaks must be solved at the source. But I have seen no evidence of a memory leak.

 

What is the cause why after using memory extensive programs, the screen saver fails to start without manually activating and only when I restart does this problem disappear ?

 

My first go around with dual channel.... I didn't read properly so I didn't know to put them slots 1 & 3 instead of together like I had them in 1 & 2 lol. I bashed my head until I read again how to properly do it for that motherboard. *Banghead

*Roflmao2

 

Wrong.

It isn't.

I do not... I do not follow this advice.

Or as the say.... runs pending idle tasks. A long.. long description.

Each time Windows's been running for some time, I have to reboot afresh or my very tasking game will crash at some point due to low memory. I prefer clearing RAM to boost performance.

 

Ditto!!!! The intent of rebooting a system is to turn off the power to the motherboard and RAM modules momentarily to clear any lingering issues and give everything a clean start. Storage in RAM is volatile, not like hard drives and SSDs, can't be saved when power is interrupted which in turn calls for the orderly shut down process of a computer. I'm not a gamer and can run for days without rebooting with the main exception that some long-term Internet browsing may need the reboot or may work by simply using Task Manager to End Task of the involved browser. Firefox used the have available an add-in item on the toolbar that could be clicked to restart FF to clear it memory but that went away with a newer version of FF, haven't checked for it lately.

Upgrading this year-old computer from factory single-channel 8GB RAM to dual-channel 16GB RAM helps a lot.