Desktop Windows Manager (DWM) memory leakage in Windows 10 (Version 2004).

Anonymous
2020-09-06T11:24:54+00:00

The infamous dwm.exe hogging lots of memory. FYI this is not a specific program issue. It just happens with any programs, activities randomly.

I'm getting really tired of killing dwm.exe every so often so that it will release the occupied memory. When is this going to be fixed? Is this ever going to be fixed even?

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Performance and system failures

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-03-20T07:37:30+00:00

    I have a few suggestions..

    1. Use DDU(display driver uninstaller) to clean uninstall intel hd graphics driver.

    2. Use windows update to get the intel drivers.(might be the old ones)

    If it works please do tell me the cpu name and windows version you are using.

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-03-19T12:59:59+00:00

    driver version is 27.20.100.8854

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-03-19T12:58:37+00:00

    i have the same problem with UHD 620 and latest windows 10

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-03-19T06:16:27+00:00

    But we can try disabling Game Mode in Windows Settings, at least that puts up another layer of isolation.

    No it does not, disabling game mode does not prevent dwm.exe crashing with sometimes the gameinput.dll I also have no game controllers connected to my laptop. It crashes often when I switch mouse to another pc via InputDirector.

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  5. Anonymous
    2021-03-19T06:08:30+00:00

    I think this issue has no relation to the DWM bloating. It's more towards the game controller input interfering with the interface of the graphics output.

    But we can try disabling Game Mode in Windows Settings, at least that puts up another layer of isolation.

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