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This is something I didn't plan to release due to the small complexity of the project, but we use it quite often at our workplace and I find it a very useful and interesting resource.
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Sometimes <i>Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio</i> hangs due to RAM constraints, this <b>leverages that quite well</b>.
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<a href="https://github.com/elModo7/RAM_Optimizer" target="_blank">
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<span class="info-box-icon"><i class="fab fa-github"></i></span>
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<span class="info-box-number">Project's GitHub</span>
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RAM Optimizer
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<br>
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<img class="shadow-lg article-inner-image" src="static/img/pills/ram_optimizer/ram_optimizer.png"></img>
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<img class="shadow-lg article-inner-image" src="static/img/pills/ram_optimizer/ram_optimizer.gif"></img>
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<h4>Libraries used:</h4>
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<br><b>XGraph</b> library by SKAN (Suresh Kumar A N)
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<br><b>MemoryLoad</b> by <a class="link" href="https://github.com/jNizM" target="_blank">jNizM</a>
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<br><b>EmptyMem</b> by Heresy
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<br><b>FreeMemory</b> by SKAN (Suresh Kumar A N)
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</p>
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<h3>💻 Explaining the main 3 functions:</h3>
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<pre class="col-md-12"><code class="language-autohotkey">
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; Function to get the current memory load percentage
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MemoryLoad()
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{
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; Define a static variable MEMORYSTATUSEX and initialize it with the size of the structure.
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; 'init' is a dummy variable to ensure the NumPut operation executes only once.
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static MEMORYSTATUSEX, init := NumPut(VarSetCapacity(MEMORYSTATUSEX, 64, 0), MEMORYSTATUSEX, "uint")
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; Call the Windows API function 'GlobalMemoryStatusEx' to fill the MEMORYSTATUSEX structure.
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if !(DllCall("GlobalMemoryStatusEx", "ptr", &MEMORYSTATUSEX))
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; If the call fails, throw an exception with the last error code.
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throw Exception("Call to GlobalMemoryStatusEx failed: " A_LastError, -1)
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; Retrieve and return the memory load percentage from the MEMORYSTATUSEX structure.
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return NumGet(MEMORYSTATUSEX, 4, "UInt")
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}
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; Function to free up memory used by a specific process or the current process
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EmptyMem(PID="AHK Rocks"){
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; If PID is "AHK Rocks" (default), get the current process ID; otherwise, use the provided PID.
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pid := (pid="AHK Rocks") ? DllCall("GetCurrentProcessId") : pid
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; Open the process with specific access rights and get a handle to it.
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h := DllCall("OpenProcess", "UInt", 0x001F0FFF, "Int", 0, "Int", pid)
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; Set the process's working set size to minimum (-1), effectively asking Windows to trim it.
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DllCall("SetProcessWorkingSetSize", "UInt", h, "Int", -1, "Int", -1)
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; Close the handle to the process to free resources.
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DllCall("CloseHandle", "Int", h)
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}
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; Function to free up memory used by all running processes
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FreeMemory()
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{
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; Iterate over all running processes using Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)
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for objItem in ComObjGet("winmgmts:").ExecQuery("SELECT * FROM Win32_Process") {
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try {
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; Open each process with specific access rights and get a handle to it.
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hProcess := DllCall("OpenProcess", "uint", 0x001F0FFF, "int", 0, "uint", objItem.ProcessID, "ptr")
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; Set the process's working set size to minimum (-1) to free up memory.
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DllCall("SetProcessWorkingSetSize", "ptr", hProcess, "uptr", -1, "uptr", -1)
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; Call 'EmptyWorkingSet' to further trim the process's memory usage.
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DllCall("psapi.dll\EmptyWorkingSet", "ptr", hProcess)
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; Close the handle to the process.
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DllCall("CloseHandle", "ptr", hProcess)
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}
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}
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; Finally, call 'EmptyWorkingSet' on the current process (-1) to clean up its memory.
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return DllCall("psapi.dll\EmptyWorkingSet", "ptr", -1)
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}
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</code></pre>
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