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Windows Explorer memory usage normal?
Good morning,
I have noticed in the recent days (it may be nothing) but Windows Explorer is using a fair bit of RAM. I noticed the usage will continue to grow when opened. I guess this is normal behaviour, the issues I am seeing is the usage does not seem to go back down. I have had it sitting at over 700MB usage. I can get this to go down manually by resetting the task but surely I shouldn't need to do this? Again this may or may not be a lot, this is why I am here to ask this question. Is this normal behaviour?
Windows 11, chipset etc are all up to date.
CPU - 7800X3D
GPU - 4090
RAM - 64GB @ 6000mhz
Windows is installed on a 1TB M.2 SSD
Thanks for taking the time to read through.
Dan.
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- PercivalGroveIron Contributor
Windows uses free RAM for caching to speed up access. When an application releases memory, Windows may keep it cached for future use. So, high RAM usage doesn't necessarily mean a problem unless it causes system slowdown or crashes.