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How do I increase the desktop heap size on Windows 2008\Vista to more than 64MB?
Hi,
I tried to increase my desktop heap size on Windows 2008 and Vista, but the maximum value I can get is 64MB. I cannot find this restriction to be documented anywhere, so is this the maximum value?
I increased the SharedSection of the Registry value from the default value (20MB for Win2008, 12MB for Vista) to 150MB. - HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\ CurrentCon trolSet\Co ntrol\Sess ion Manager\SubSystems\Windows .
However, when I run the testlimit utlility (http://blogs.technet.com/b/markrussinovich/archive/2010/02/24/3315174.aspx) which uses up the desktop heap, it used only 64MB.
And according to http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ntdebugging/archive/2007/07/05/desktop-heap-part-2.aspx , the desktop heap size is no longer limited by the SessionViewSize on 2008 and Vista, so is 64MB the maximum size of a single desktop heap?
Thank you,
Daniel Pavlic
I tried to increase my desktop heap size on Windows 2008 and Vista, but the maximum value I can get is 64MB. I cannot find this restriction to be documented anywhere, so is this the maximum value?
I increased the SharedSection of the Registry value from the default value (20MB for Win2008, 12MB for Vista) to 150MB. - HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\
However, when I run the testlimit utlility (http://blogs.technet.com/b/markrussinovich/archive/2010/02/24/3315174.aspx) which uses up the desktop heap, it used only 64MB.
And according to http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ntdebugging/archive/2007/07/05/desktop-heap-part-2.aspx , the desktop heap size is no longer limited by the SessionViewSize on 2008 and Vista, so is 64MB the maximum size of a single desktop heap?
Thank you,
Daniel Pavlic
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Thanks on your comment, but this still does not answer my question.
Is 64MB the maximum size of a Windows deskop?
If I want to use more than 64MB, do I have to open new sessions\desktops and place new windows on those new desktops?
Is 64MB the maximum size of a Windows deskop?
If I want to use more than 64MB, do I have to open new sessions\desktops and place new windows on those new desktops?
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Solution found.
http://www.ditii.com/2008/03/20/default-interactive-desktop-heap-size-increased-on-32-bit-windows-vista-sp1/