hougtimo Posted May 11, 2006 Share Posted May 11, 2006 Hi,I am sure that most of you here will be familiar with this registry tweak:Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer]"AlwaysUnloadDLL"=dword:00000001My question is, does it actually speed things up. I have no doubt it does delete all your unwanted DLLs from memory - but are they there for a reason anyway. I have heard some people say this tweak actually slow things down because if those particular DLLs are needed again they have to be re-loaded.What do you all think?ThanksHougTimo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zxian Posted May 11, 2006 Share Posted May 11, 2006 Generally not a good idea. You hit the nail right on the head with "if those particular DLLs are needed again they have to be re-loaded." If the particular DLLs are not needed, then Windows will automatically remove them from memory as needed.Unused memory is wasted memory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hougtimo Posted May 11, 2006 Author Share Posted May 11, 2006 I had a gut feeling it might be like that, again, thanks for the clarification Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ophiel X Posted May 19, 2006 Share Posted May 19, 2006 this is an ancient windows setting and isn't even used by windows anymore.xp is already smart about unloading dlls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IcemanND Posted May 19, 2006 Share Posted May 19, 2006 xp is already smart about unloading dllsI'd use the word SMART with the product XP very lightly, sometimes it can be very slow at unloading unneeded DLL's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zxian Posted May 19, 2006 Share Posted May 19, 2006 But why should it jump to the gun to start unloading dlls from memory? If you've got memory to spare, you might as well use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arfett Posted June 30, 2006 Share Posted June 30, 2006 If you wish to disable this entry you can just switch the value of "Default" to 0, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T D Posted June 30, 2006 Share Posted June 30, 2006 @arfett No, if it's on 0, it will keep dlls in memory. Unless you want that. Btw if you want to keep it in memory, just leave it as-is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arfett Posted June 30, 2006 Share Posted June 30, 2006 That's what I meant. I've had it on 1 for over a year throughout my installs and just needed to know if setting it to 0 will disable the function of the key. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i'm not ophiel Posted June 30, 2006 Share Posted June 30, 2006 the setting does NOTHING no matter what you set it to. it's bloody ancient. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T D Posted July 1, 2006 Share Posted July 1, 2006 (edited) @"person who's not ophiel " It is ancient, not always works. True. But you don't notice anything if you have 256mb Ram + Edited July 1, 2006 by T D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camarade_Tux Posted July 1, 2006 Share Posted July 1, 2006 (edited) Guys, no need to wonder whether it is efficient or not!. Important This registry key is no longer supported in Microsoft Windows 2000 or later.source : http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?...kb;en-us;196480and, Unloading the DLLThe Shell automatically unloads a DLL when its usage count is zero, but only after the DLL has not been used for a period of time. This inactive period might be unacceptably long at times, especially when a Shell extension DLL is being debugged. For operating systems prior to Windows 2000, you can shorten the inactive period by adding the following information to the registry. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerAlwaysUnloadDllfrom : http://windowssdk.msdn.microsoft.com/en-us...y/ms649579.aspxAnd in fact I'd like these guys outside to calm down. France won. OK, now is time to sleep. Edited July 1, 2006 by Camarade_Tux Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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