Is it normal that my 25KB exe would use 1.8MB of memory?

Started by x79, March 23, 2015, 06:40:41 AM

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x79

March 23, 2015, 06:40:41 AM
Not that I'm really worried about this little bit of memory, I just want to be sure that it's normal.

DMac

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March 23, 2015, 07:18:04 PM
It is probably because you are calling ShellExecuteEx().  It seems to initialize the shell class which is used in every shell function.  You will also notice this kind of memory usage when you call GetOpenFilename() for a file browser.  I have found that memory allocation related to shell functions slowly decrease over time if the calling application sits idle.
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x79

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March 24, 2015, 12:36:11 AM
ahhh, ok.
Quote from: DMac on March 23, 2015, 07:18:04 PMI have found that memory allocation related to shell functions slowly decrease over time if the calling application sits idle.

I noticed the same thing. Thx for putting my mind at ease.
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