Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!cica!iuvax!silver!jkain From: jkain@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Jeff Kain) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Re: MS Word won't give memory back Message-ID: Date: 3 Nov 90 15:33:12 GMT References: <1990Nov3.055610.6191@ctr.columbia.edu> Sender: news@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu Lines: 29 gabe@sol.ctr.columbia.edu (Gabe Wiener) writes: >Now here's the problem. When I run MS Word, that takes up another meg or so. >When I quit out of MS Word, and then try to run a memory-hungry program like >PageMaker, there suddenly isn't enough memory available EVEN THOUGH I HAVE >QUIT OUT OF MS WORD. For some reason, the system isn't recognizing the >memory that MS Word was using as free. I have this problem on my Plus - it only seems to happen when I quit without saving a document, or if I quit after having saved a document. If I choose quit and go through the dialog boxes "You have made changes..." and click "no" (don't save) usually the memory will not be reclaimed. If I choose yes, the memory will be reclaimed. If I save, and then choose quit, sometimes (though less frequently) the memory will not be reclaimed. >Where is the extra memory going? How can I force the system to do a good >old-fashioned garbage collection? Reboot. :( Jeff Kain Macintosh Support Technician Indiana University Computing Services -- "Quoth the raven, `Eat my shorts!'" -Edgar Allen Poe / Bart Simpson