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Posted by SillyOldDuffer on 06/02/2021 14:53:19:
Switching off and on again. Restarting the machine causes it to clean everything up. Sometimes this is the only way to fix a malfunction that failed to release memory after use.
If it s Windows-8 or 10 and you have Fast-Startup enabled (the default) you need to be careful:
Doing a Shutdown results in Windows saving the kernel to disk and reloading it when you start up again. In this case you have no guarantee the memory is cleared.
Doing a Restart doesn t turn the machine off but does reload Windows from scratch and will clear the memory.