Clearmem.exe - Windows 2000 Resource Kit Utility

The Windows 2000 Resource Kit includes many useful utilities. Many of these utilities will be familiar to Windows NT Server Resource Kit users. Many other are new in W2K. Many 'legacy' utilities have added functionality. The Resource Kit tools in the Windows 2000 Resource Kit are designed to run on Microsoft Windows 2000 server or workstation computers. The tools in the Resource Kit help you perform administrative tasks, automate software installation, and with other jobs.

Clearmem.exe - Clear Memory

ClearMem is a command-line tool that forces pages out of RAM. ClearMem attempts to allocate and commit more memory then is physically available, as well as flushing the file cache. In Windows, working sets are allowed to grow until memory pressure forces them to decline. Flushing the file cache is important because some pages in the process working set are part of the file cache (for example, code loaded from a file).