windows - monitoring desktop heap memory

Question

Is there any way to figure out which application is using up all the desktop heap memory?

For an explanation of 'desktop heap' see this MSDN blog.

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Answer 1

According to this blog post you should look for the user objects. To find the bad application you can configure the USER Objects column within Process Explorer. Then sort descending by user objects. User Objects are all GUI objects like Windows, Toolbars, Icons, Cursors ... The process with the highest values is very likely the bad one.

Direct link to download: DHeapMon from microsoft.