Jon Danniken wrote:
Hello,

I am running Win98 on a box with 64Mb RAM, and adding more RAM is not an
option at this time.

When I open up an application, for instance Window's Sound Recorder, it
uses a certain amount of RAM. The problem is that when the application
is closed, the RAM memory which it used is not released.

I noticed this by using "Windows System Monitor". In the category
"Memory Manager, Unused Physical Memory", it shows a certain amount of
"free" RAM. When I open up the application, it becomes lowered, but when
I close the application, it does not return to the "pre application"
amount.

This is leading to the swapfile being used, which has undesired
consequences, especially in regards to using Sound Recorder to make a
recording.

Is there a method of releasing this RAM after an application which used
it is closed?

Thanks for any suggestions,

Jon

Everyone has covered most everything already, but I only want to comment on
your using the sound recorder and getting that memory prompt? Now we all
know that when you use the stock sound recorder to do some functions it's
normal that it will prompt you that it does not have enough memory; for
instance, let's say to live encode an mpeg (mp3) audio file (I don't use it
for that) but if I did it will give me that same memory prompt if I try to
do 'some' functions even though I have 1GB of memory on 98SE, etc...
...and so 'if' it's just the stock sound recorder related to that generic
memory prompt that you may have gotten? ...is that your concern? ..if so
explain more - but that's nothing to be too concerned about really, and
don't get confused with the windows releasing memory issue, with the sound
recorder limitations because they are not the same; besides, there are
better tools for creating audio situations; but having said that, I do like
the handy little stock sound recorder and use it for basic things myself.

Rick