Most system tuning utilities for Windows provide memory optimizer as
an option to clean up the RAM so that your PC can have a fresh start.
These utilities also come with other tuning tools
that might not be necessary to you. Maybe you just want the memory
optimization feature. But, that can’t be possible. So here I’d like to
present a tiny utility that can fulfill this particular purpose. Free Up some RAM | Shutterstock
Toady, I’d like to show you a script. This script has 4 different
commands that will let you free up the memory in 4 different ways using
the command prompt. I’ll also show how you can create a shortcut for
these commands so that you can easily run these commands with a double
click.
Empty Standby List
Empty Standby List is a small command-line application that lets you
free up memory on Windows Vista and above. Download and paste it in your
command line root path. Or set the root path where the EmptyStandByList.exe file is. You should keep it in the C Drive (System drive) of your system.
Now, there are 4 commands that you can run with this command line application. Let’s have a look at them.
EmptyStandbyList.exe workingsets
This command will clear the memory that is used by all the current
running applications and process. This command is most commonly used by
Memory Optimisation software.
There’s a downside of using this command. The Windows system will try
to quickly swap the data from the paging file. So, it will make use of
your storage disk to fetch the information from the programs and thereby
will turn down overall performance. But, it will definitely free up
memory.
EmptyStandbyList.exe modifiedpagelist
Now, here modified page files are those contents that must be written
to the storage disk before they can be used again. If you see in the Memory section of the Resouce Monitor then you’ll find a Modified section for Memory in the display.
So, if you want to clear such memory then you got to use this command.
EmptyStandbyList.exe priority0standbylist
Now, here Standby memory has those contents that are being
held by the memory and are not in use. But, will be used when needed. As
shown in the above screenshot you can see the Standby memory section.
The above command clears the lowest priority Standby memory content.
You can set the priority by replacing the 0 in the command to any number
between 1-7. 7 being the highest priority.
EmptyStandbyList.exe standbylist
And, this last command clear Standby memory regardless of what priority of content it has. It clears them all.
Creating Command Shortcuts
To create a shortcut of a cmd command, right-click on your desktop and select New>Shortcut. Now, in the location field add the following string. C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /c Command
Replace Command in the string with one of the command that you’d like
run. Next, you go to give this shortcut administrator privilege in
order to work. Becuase, these commands need admin access.
GUI Alternative?
If you’re not a command line enthusiast and prefer to do these task using a GUI then you got to use SysInternal’s RAMmap. It works pretty much the same with some extra control available.
