Windows 10: Some kind of memory leak. I suspect an OS "Feature"

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  1. Some kind of memory leak. I suspect an OS "Feature"


    Hello. I'm having a problem with a persistent memory leak. I can get the memory to clear with a hard switch power off which suggests to me that the OS is saving the memory state to reload at boot after a clean software power down. After a hard power loss event (Cleared RAM.) my memory use is at about 15-20%. The used memory slowly creeps up to 90% + over a period of weeks and though it shows as used memory in task manager there isn't enough memory used by individual programs to total the 16GB I have in my rig. Were I to add up all of the memory allocations by the different programs I have open it would total 15-20% of my total installed RAM. I ran RAMMap and the excess memory usage shows as a "Mapped file." and I don't know what it is, what is causing it, or how to get it to stop.


    I've performed virus, and malware scans with a trio of programs I trust (Norton, malwarebytes anti-malware, and combofix.) as well as spending several hours researching to see if someone has this issue as well to no avail.


    Any suggestions welcomed. Thanks for your time.

    :)
     
    Adam A. H., Dec 11, 2019
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  2. WeiJie52 Win User

    Windows 10 suspected memory leak

    Ok so like almost all my programs are using high amounts of memory in task manager for example, “programA(5)” and will use a few hundreds mb of memory. It didnt happen until like last week, im suspecting a memory leak but i used the windows memory diagnositic
    tool and it didnt find anything.. i tried almost every method i could find still nothing helped. Please help!!
     
    WeiJie52, Dec 11, 2019
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  3. BulldogXX Win User
    Memory leak issue

    The term "memory leak" means that an application fails to return all its RAM to the operating system when it exits. The leftover RAM is unusable to the operating system.

    Step one is to identify the application that is leaking memory. Step two is to contact the application's developers and provide as much detailed data on the memory leak as you can. For example: which processes are still in RAM after the application exits
    and how much RAM they occupy. Application developers never want their applications to leak memory and they will be grateful for the details you provide, particularly if they can replicate the leak on their own computers.
     
    BulldogXX, Dec 11, 2019
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  4. BulldogXX Win User

    Some kind of memory leak. I suspect an OS "Feature"

    Possible Memory Leaks in Windows 10

    A memory leak occurs when an application closes and fails to release all its RAM back to the operating system.

    The first step in dealing with a memory leak is to determine which application is leaking memory.

    The next step is to contact that application's technical support with complete details of the memory leak, since the developers will want to fix the problem ASAP.
     
    BulldogXX, Dec 11, 2019
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