Comments on: Unload Cached Files? http://blogwindowsxp.com/unload-cached-files/ Windows XP Tips help you mod your pc Wed, 22 Jun 2011 12:54:33 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Larry Miller http://blogwindowsxp.com/unload-cached-files/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Larry Miller Fri, 02 May 2008 06:30:42 +0000 http://blogwindowsxp.com/?p=12#comment-7 BAD IDEA It is true, Windows does not immediately unload unneeded DLL's. And yes, this can be a waste of memory. But when a DLL is unloaded the memory is free, doing absolutely nothing. Is this not the ultimate in wasted memory? Windows is quite capable of reclaiming the space used by unneeded DLL's when needed. Until that time comes, leave them in memory. Many applications use the same DLL's. Windows designers know more about memory management then you do. Windows performs best without amateurish tinkering like this. This setting was intended as an aid to software developers, never as a means of improving performance. Larry Miller Microsoft MCSA, Network+, A+, Amateur programmer BAD IDEA
It is true, Windows does not immediately unload unneeded DLL’s. And yes, this can be a waste of memory. But when a DLL is unloaded the memory is free, doing absolutely nothing. Is this not the ultimate in wasted memory?

Windows is quite capable of reclaiming the space used by unneeded DLL’s when needed. Until that time comes, leave them in memory. Many applications use the same DLL’s.

Windows designers know more about memory management then you do. Windows performs best without amateurish tinkering like this.

This setting was intended as an aid to software developers, never as a means of improving performance.

Larry Miller
Microsoft MCSA, Network+, A+, Amateur programmer

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