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why is explorer.exe using 60k+ memory?
i'm fairly tech savvy, and i have fixed problems like this before, but i can't find many resurces that answer my question. i dont have many background programs running. just the most basic necessary ones like my AV (which is paused) and poweriso with 2 drives (unmounted). as a result my mem usage is up to 1.6-ish gigs on idle. also firefox is retardedly slowed down. it keeps refreshing pages and flash stuff is exceedingly slow. no, i don't have a virus. this is all very recent, my mem usage was >900mb last week. any ideas?
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- OrlaLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
Do you have a problem of space and virtual memory?
I use only 6,516 K! I guess I managed that one well! But you won't have the gorgeous look of today's Explorer. (You'll get used to it in a week or 2! and to exit, you will have to go to file! for Notepad, Wordpad, and Microsoft Office applications!).
Right-click My Computer icon>Properties>Advanced tab>Under "Performance": Click on Settings>Visual Effects tab>Click on "Adjust for best performance" (to get a retro look! Yep, that's the price to pay for space!)>Apply>OK.
Now on the same place, click on Advanced tab>Under "Virtual Memory" Click "Change">Click on "Custom size" radio button> and next to "Initial size (MB)" type 600 or less according to your PC>Next to "Maximum size (MB)" type 600 or less (type the same number)>Uncheck "System Managed size">OK>OK>OK.
Last advice, clear cache, and web browsing history and download history at least once a week. I even save my web paged or download onto a CD/USB stick memory as my PC has got only 256 MB of RAM.
Also for more space: right-click on an empty space of your Desktop>Properties>Under Background:select None>OK.
Enjoy the amount of space, and get use to the ugly look! XD
Source(s): It saved my virtual memory problems and space, and since then I got 20% of speedier Internet connection. So it's a worth a try! - Anonymous1 decade ago
exploror.exe is your desktop and everything with it...
Here try this and Ill show you what I mean
Press ctrl+alt+delete
Then click the processes tab
Find where it says exploror.exe
Right click and click end process
YOUR DESKTOP ICONS AND START MENU WILL BE GONE!!
See, exploror.exe takes up so much space because its everything...
To get desktop back, press ctrl+alt+delete
Click the Applications tab
Click new Task
Type "exploror.exe" without quotes....
- 1 decade ago
Well, my explorer.exe is using 96,224k, so if you're at 60, that's pretty good. I wouldn't complain.
