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
    2021-11-10T12:06:29+00:00

    Yes, the UHD 630 also has a driver conflict with Windows

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-11-03T18:56:48+00:00

    Does Intel HD Graphics 630 do the same in Windows 10?

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-11-03T18:48:59+00:00

    I am wating the solution to the DWM.EXE Memory leak too.

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-11-03T18:43:11+00:00

    Hi, now DWM.EXE is hogging much memory if I am not terminating it:

    12:39:18 PM: DWM.EXE is hogging 548.7 MB of my 16 GB of my RAM.

    12:40:12 PM: DWM.EXE is hogging 578.9 MB of my 16 GB of my RAM.

    Result: DWM is hogging +30.2 MB of my RAM.

    Do I need to terminate Desktop Window Manager, quit some of the visual settings or end Chrome?

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  5. Anonymous
    2021-11-01T05:14:06+00:00

    In a discussion on the Intel forum, it was stated that Intel engineers were able to reproduce the bug, but are unsure what exactly is causing it.

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