Some programs take long to close

[tigersty1e]

Most of my games shutdown immediately when I quit. I'm then free to do anything in Windows.

Some other games take a moment or two to close and then Windows is almost frozen.

Is it because there isn't enough RAM?

 

[pcslookout]

Originally posted by: tigersty1e
Most of my games shutdown immediately when I quit. I'm then free to do anything in Windows.

Some other games take a moment or two to close and then Windows is almost frozen.

Is it because there isn't enough RAM?

I think its the hard drive but not sure. I never tried a WD Raptor vs a 7200 rpm hard drive when closing games or programs to see if there was a huge difference or not. Even 1 to 5 seconds would seem like a huge difference to me because it could add up quickly. seconds into minutes, minutes into hours.

 

[WildHorse]

You don't say what operating system you use.

If you use Windows XP, then try this registry adjustment to force XP to unload DLL files after closing a program. See if this helps you.

Start / Run / REGEDIT
Navigate to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer.
Create a new key named 'AlwaysUnloadDLL' and set the default value to equal '1.'

Here's a picture of that as I did it on my computer (works great, too!)

 

[corkyg]

Nice tip, Scott. Gracias! :thumbsup: