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Desktop Window Manager using large amounts of RAM
My Windows 10 version: 2004
Three months ago, I began noticing Desktop Window Manager using high amounts of RAM. I would usually see the process using between 3000 and 5000 MB, but one time saw it using over 7000MB (I have 12 GB of RAM).
For a while, I was unable to determine the cause of the issue. Recently, however, I realized that it seems to occur when I leave the computer running idle for extended periods of time. Not all the RAM that DWM uses is consumed while idle; rather, I come back to see DWM using hundreds of megabytes and then slowly but surely increase to more ridiculous amounts later.
I heard that this may be related to an Intel driver update that was released around the time the issue started, but I'm not overly sure. Any help would be appreciated.