Windows 10: Windows 10 Desktop Window Manager high memory usage

It's the highest memory usage among all running processes on my pc. 548 MB, almost 10% of total memory. My antimalware Service Executable consumes 380MB memory to give it some perspective.So many postings online incl MS community in the past YEARS. MS support only provided generic response - boot in safe mode, reboot your pc. Not helping - pls escalate.

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Windows 10 memory usage for idle too high


Hi, my guess would be a memory leak - driver - I'm no expert here. Clearly your RAM use is not allocated to obvious processes and is excessive- that said, there's plenty loaded using RAM not shown in the simple list provided by the task manager.

See:
Windows 10 high memory usage (unknown reason) - Super User
This is a confusing post at first, but shows ways to get info:
Memory usage being up at 80 -100% - Windows 10 Forums

 

Desktop Windows Manager High Memory Usage

Hi Jay,

This high memory usage could have happened due to multiple application running. If Windows 10 has features that are not working properly, we suggest that you run the System File Checker tool and the Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool to scan
and correct any issues. System File Checker (SFC) is a built-in tool in the operating system. SFC checks for system file corruption. Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM) is a command-line tool that can be used to service a Windows image or to prepare
a Windows Preinstallation Environment image.

Kindly follow the steps in this article posted by
ZigZag3143 (MS -MVP) to perform SFC and DISM:
System file check (SFC) Scan and Repair System Files & DISM to fix things SFC cannot.

Update us with the result so we can further assist you.

 

Lenovo desktop high memory usage

Hi all,

I have a Lenovo windows 10 Desptop-JAG8I5P, version 20H2 (OS Build 19042.1165). The installed physical memory (RAM) is 4GB and total physical memory is 3.84GB. The main use of the computer is pycharm and jupyter for coding, and chrome usage (looking up scripts, youtube, but not much else from that). I'm aware that 4GB isn't necessarily high, but I plan to use this computer for the duration of my university course. I've included a screenshot of the task manager, before starting chrome (with 57% of the memory, and 16% of the CPU being used), and after, where chrome is being used (with 62% of the memory, and 68% of the CPU being used).









Is there any way to mitigate such high usage? I've tried Microsoft Edge, Firefox, but it's about the same as chrome, in terms of memory and CPU usage. I've included a screenshot of the Resource Monitor, showing 29% of CPU usage with 104% maximum frequency, and perfmon.exe, avguard.exe, chrome.exe, are the top items, but I'm unsure if this is the reason for the high memory usage? It shows pycharm being 80.9% of the CPU usage, which causes the CPU usage to hit 100% overall. Is my desktop just now strong enough to run these programs?









Any help would be more than appreciated!