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    Cleanmem memory manager

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    Perhaps I could put the button back, but have it hidden by default?

    Then a user can decide to show it or not? It was a simple button that just called cleanmem. Wouldn't be hard to put back :-)

     

    Shane

    Cleanmem memory manager

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    Ah, I see it. It was 30 for me, had to change it to 15 minutes manually.

    I am so glad I discovered this neat program; thanks Shane.

     

    EDIT: You 'could' add an option for mild transparency to the MiniMonitor for a bit of the Aero feel.

     

    You can set the level of transparency for the mini monitor :-)

     

     

    And thanks Nergal :-)

     

    Shane

    Cleanmem memory manager

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    I removed the button so people could set the position of the text. Plus the button was ugly lol

     

    There are 2 other ways to manually run cleanmem. You can just right click on the monitor now. Or you can even set the gloab hot key so it will run when you hit the keys you set ;)

     

     

    And of course the day I release cleanmem my host's entire LA complex goes down. They host over a million sites, all of them down. They better work fast or they are going to have a lot of ticked off people lol.

     

    Shane

    Cleanmem memory manager

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    Yeah I am kinda proud how fine tuned the mini monitor is coming along thanks to my users giving feedback ;)

     

    I just put out another update 15 min ago. Besides a minor menu change I was able to fix the system tray icon.

     

    On my Windows 7 I don't have the UAC enabled. So I never knew of this bug with my system tray icons. Normally when explorer.exe is restarted my tray icon code will recreate the icon. It looks for the TaskBarCreated flag from explorer.exe

     

    Well when the UAC is on, processes not running as admin (explorer.exe) can not send messages to processes running as admin (mini_monitor.exe)

    So when explorer would create the task bar my program never gets the message and so the icon disappears.

     

    Well I did some digging and found a new API that allows my app to say that the message is allowed to come to it. Now the tray icon shows up after explorer.exe restarts with the UAC on ;)

     

    So I just updated my other 3 programs that use the same code and putting out updates today. :-)

     

    So far looks like Monday is still on track to be the release date for CleanMem 2.0

     

    Shane

    Cleanmem memory manager

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    CleanMem helps the systems with little ram the most. I have cleanmem running every 15 min right now as I play dragon age 2 at max settings. and the game doesn't miss a beat.

     

    I am confident that CleanMem is not the problem, but no one can know for sure. Perhaps its a combo of things. Only way to find out is to test one at a time :-)

     

    Shane

    Cleanmem memory manager

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    Any idea on my issue?

     

    It shouldn't be cleanmem. Cleanmem is only running when the task scheduler runs it, then when it is done it closes. SO total time CleanMem is running is about 2 sec. every 15 min by default.

     

    The mini monitor does very little as it is just reading windows api's.

     

    You can try disabling CleanMem from running and see if it makes a difference. But in the 5 years CleanMem has been out I have never seen or heard of it causing any problems. ;)

     

    Shane

    Cleanmem memory manager

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    When it comes to the most basic function of CleanMem (freeing memory), will 2.0 do anything that 1.7 will not do?

     

    CleanMem itself is still set it and forget it, no changes where needed. Same as it always has been. The updates are all in the mini monitor in 2.0 besides changing the default run time from 30 to 15 min for CleanMem.

     

    There was a small bug fix in cleanmem 2.0 where if a person had a ignore or only list that was longer than 255 chars it wouldn't get them all. That has been fixed.

     

    Every feature in the mini monitor from 1.7.0 is in 2.0 and part of the free version plus some extra free new features.

     

    Current change log is on the first post here

    http://forums.pcwintech.com/index.php/topic,1781.0.html

     

    Shane

    Cleanmem memory manager

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    It shouldn't be cleanmem. Cleanmem is only running when the task scheduler runs it, then when it is done it closes. SO total time CleanMem is running is about 2 sec. every 15 min by default.

     

    The mini monitor does very little as it is just reading windows api's.

     

    You can try disabling CleanMem from running and see if it makes a difference. But in the 5 years CleanMem has been out I have never seen or heard of it causing any problems. ;)

     

    Shane

    Cleanmem memory manager

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    Thanks for letting me know. The CleanMem.ini was set to always overwrite in the setup instead of never. I have changed that :-)

     

    I will update the setup now and it will be that way in future setups.

     

    Shane

    Cleanmem memory manager

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    I was going to add a auto update feature like in my simple port forwarding program. But I decided not to. Once CleanMem is done I don't see to many updates needing to be put out that warrants a auto update feature :-)

     

    But people can follow my site by rss, twitter and facebook, so when I do put out an update they will know. And as you seen it is very eay to update. It just installs over the old version. ;)

     

    Shane

    Cleanmem memory manager

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    I just update the setup.

    I made one small change to the mini monitor.

    On the advanced monitor rules, I had a result date & time column.

     

    I was looking at it and realized it was unneeded as the last check time was below the list anyways, and they all showed the same time.

    So by removing it it helps it look even cleaner :-)

     

    This was not a major change so no need to update yours if you already have it installed till the final release is out. I am sure I will be making more minor changes and final touches by then :-)

     

    Shane

    Cleanmem memory manager

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    Running version 2.0 RC, and it's working great. I've set it to auto startup and automatically clean RAM if it gets too high (which still hasn't happened on my Win7 box yet. :lol:).

     

    I am glad you like it so far :-)

     

    Keep in mind cleanmem auto runs every 15 min from the task scheduler to. That pro feature is for the users who only want cleanmem to run when memory gets high.

    For myself I have it run every 15 min. I'm on Win 7 64 bit 8gb of ram.

     

    The pro features are enabled for 7 days. I felt that was a fair time for users to decide if they want or even need the pro features.

     

    I have no clue how the pro will do. I did my best, but I didn't want to cripple the mini monitor to force the sale of the pro. I simply don't work that way.

     

    So I will let the RC be out for the whole week. And by next weekend if I have got no bug complaints and everything looks good I will release it and replace v1.7.0

     

    If you haven't make sure to read the help page I made. It shows you all the features that are in the mini monitor now :-)

     

    Personally I think the different text options for the mini monitor (which is a pro feature) is worth it the most. Only because I use it the most lol.

     

    Currently I have it set to process count and system up time on my system. And when needed I can change it to show other stats when I need the info.

     

    The changing of the bar fill picture I think will be nice to. A user can make their own, thus giving a lot of themeing control to the user.

     

    Now I rambling on lol. I get that way some times. :P

     

    Shane

    Cleanmem memory manager

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    Hello Shane,

     

    Just started using CleanMem, and it is a brilliant little program. Only problem is that the 2.0 RC portable version's link is broken.

     

    My bad spelling strikes again lol

     

    Link fixed ;)

     

    Shane

    Cleanmem memory manager

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    Just finished the help file for it and what options are in the new version.

     

    Hope you like it :-)

     

    http://www.pcwintech.com/cleanmem-help

     

    And yes CleanMem is 32 bit, the only reason for the 64 bit option is so the setup knows which system32 dir to put cleanmem in for the task scheduler :-)

     

    I also found a bug in the advanced monitor rules and updated the setup. So you may want to reinstall with the new setup.

     

    Shane

    Cleanmem memory manager

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    Hey shane, I downloaded the new version, and when I opened up the settings it still reads 1.7.

     

    I just updated the setup, found a small spelling problem lol. Good at math, horrible at spelling lol. The misspelling in the code kept one part from working. Thats now fixed.

     

    The setup should replace all the cleanmem files except for your settings. can you post a screen shot for me?

     

    I am also writing the guide on all the features now as we speak. Should have it done soon.

     

    Shane

    Cleanmem memory manager

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    CleanMem 2.0 Release Candidate is ready for testing!

     

    Download links and change log is here.

    http://forums.pcwintech.com/index.php/topic,1781.0.html

     

    I will have people test this through this week and make the final release in a week if all goes well.

     

    The pro version can be bought now. I will be setting up the shopping cart in a few min. This is pretty much what the program will be when released (unless any bugs are found). Only it is hard for me to test everything. And I don't want to release it then have to put out updates right away ;)

     

    Please let me know what you think of the new version and if I did good on it. Need to keep my users happy :-)

     

    Shane

    Cleanmem memory manager

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    Shane will happily chip in to help make 2.x

     

    Pro sounds interesting, I may bite :)

     

    Thanks, I just updated the screen shot today, got another section done.

     

    I am going to need beta testers soon :-)

     

    Shane

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