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Hi all,
I was just looking at this very informative tweaking guide by 'badass'. Nice work. I was just wondering, I am quite new to the software side of things. Spent much of my time learning about hardware so I have decided to learn a little about software. I thought windows was probably the best place to start.
I was interested in this particular tweak that I have quoted below;
Unload .dll's to Free Memory
Windows Explorer caches DLLs (Dynamic-Link Libraries) in memory for a period of time after the application using them has been closed. This can be an inefficient use of memory.
1. Find the key [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Explorer].
2. Create a new sub-key named 'AlwaysUnloadDLL' and set the default value to equal '1' to disable Windows caching the DLL in memory.
3. Restart Windows for the change to take effect.
I tried this after running a intense program, then watched the task manager; memory recovered it self.
How do I actually create a new sub-key in the registry. When I right click there are numerous options, five I think, one of which is lavelled 'key'. Is it this one I select or new 'D-word' as to allow me to type in 'AlwaysUnloadDll'?
Thanks for you help
I was just looking at this very informative tweaking guide by 'badass'. Nice work. I was just wondering, I am quite new to the software side of things. Spent much of my time learning about hardware so I have decided to learn a little about software. I thought windows was probably the best place to start.
I was interested in this particular tweak that I have quoted below;
Unload .dll's to Free Memory
Windows Explorer caches DLLs (Dynamic-Link Libraries) in memory for a period of time after the application using them has been closed. This can be an inefficient use of memory.
1. Find the key [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Explorer].
2. Create a new sub-key named 'AlwaysUnloadDLL' and set the default value to equal '1' to disable Windows caching the DLL in memory.
3. Restart Windows for the change to take effect.
I tried this after running a intense program, then watched the task manager; memory recovered it self.
How do I actually create a new sub-key in the registry. When I right click there are numerous options, five I think, one of which is lavelled 'key'. Is it this one I select or new 'D-word' as to allow me to type in 'AlwaysUnloadDll'?
Thanks for you help
