public static void ReleaseMemory(bool removePages) { // release any unused pages // making the numbers look good in task manager // this is totally nonsense in programming // but good for those users who care // making them happier with their everyday life // which is part of user experience GC.Collect(GC.MaxGeneration); GC.WaitForPendingFinalizers(); if (removePages) { // as some users have pointed out // removing pages from working set will cause some IO // which lowered user experience for another group of users // // so we do 2 more things here to satisfy them: // 1. only remove pages once when configuration is changed // 2. add more comments here to tell users that calling // this function will not be more frequent than // IM apps writing chat logs, or web browsers writing cache files // if they're so concerned about their disk, they should // uninstall all IM apps and web browsers // // please open an issue if you're worried about anything else in your computer // no matter it's GPU performance, monitor contrast, audio fidelity // or anything else in the task manager // we'll do as much as we can to help you // // just kidding WINAPI.ReleasePages(Process.GetCurrentProcess().Handle); } }