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From: gg2@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Guy Gallo)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: How do I increase "Free system resources"
Message-ID: <1990Dec11.090947.5379@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>
Date: 11 Dec 90 09:09:47 GMT
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In article <3130042@hplsla.HP.COM> tonyd@hplsla.HP.COM (Tony DeMartino) writes:
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>If you haven't already done so, you can increase the size of your RAM or
>you can increase the size of your swap file by making it permanent. Your
>manual describes the installation of a permanent swap file in the Tuning 
>Windows section.
> 
Actually, increasing the amount of absolute memory has little
if anything to do with freeing up "resources".  From a message
posted this week in MSAPP on compuserve by an MS employee it was
clear that resources are allocated each time you open a dialog box
or a list box (or a folder full of icons), and that when a program
exits, those resources are not released.  There is a 64K chunk
allocated to these resources -- and with a 512 byte chunk here and
a 512 byte chunk there -- unreleased -- that 64k becomes fragmented.

The only solution is to close windows and start again.

Other tips include:
Closing un-needed windows.
Iconize apps.
And set Program Manager so that it starts up with the fewest possible
icons showing -- when it starts space for all visible icons are 
allocated at the top.

Hope this helps.