Desktop Window Manager (dwm.exe) memory problems

I'm currently running a Windows 10.0.10130, and for quite some time (in previous builds also), I noticed dwm.exe using too much memory. As in too much, too much. Some exceptional examples:

1) It's in Russian, but that's dwm with >8Gb of memory

2) I've just tried to run GTA V, and it crashed immediately. In the Event Viewer I found a warning, stating that Resource-Exhaustion-Detector found a lack of virtual memory. And in the list of applications with most memory allocated was dwm.exe with... ~20.9Gb! (Next being GTA V with ~1Gb).

So after restarting PC, it takes from a couple of hours to a couple of days to reach more than 1Gb allocated memory for dwm. Typical usage includes opened Steam, Skype, Chrome w/ ~10 tabs, WIndows mail app (which keeps crashing constantly), Rainmeter. I can sometimes see dwm's memory usage increasing in task manager. Like a memory leak or something.

Any ideas on how to fix that? Or isn't it my fault?

Windows 10.0.10130 64bit

32Gb RAM (That really helps here)

Nvidia GTX 780Ti (by Gigabyte) with latest drivers

ASUS Z97-Pro mb

Answer
Answer

Ignore NVidia correlation

Removing Nvidia did NOT help .... back up to 2.8 Gb private memory and 4 Gb Commit Size

May try 10159 ;)

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Last updated May 8, 2024 Views 12,962 Applies to: