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FreeStandbyMemory.bat - ninja edits at https://pastebin.com/Kj36ug5h
/* 2>nul || title FreeStandbyMemory.bat by AveYo v2019.06.01
@echo off|| csc compiling snippet, advanced schedule, builtin add_remove - UPDATE: reliable free memory detection
set/a CLEAR_EVERY_MINUTES=1
set/a CLEAR_WHEN_UNDER_MB=512
set/a CLEAR_SYSTEMCACHEWS=0
:: check_admin_rights
reg query "HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-20\Environment" /v TEMP >nul 2>nul || (
color 0e & echo. & echo PERMISSION DENIED! Right-click %~nx0 ^& Run as administrator
timeout /t -1 & color 0f & title %COMSPEC% & exit/b
)
:: add_remove whenever script is run again
schtasks /query /tn FreeStandbyMemory >nul 2>nul && (
echo.
schtasks /Delete /TN "FreeStandbyMemory" /f 2>nul
reg delete HKLM\Software\AveYo /v FreeStandbyMemory /f 2>nul
del /f /q "%Windir%\FreeStandbyMemory.exe" 2>nul
color 0b &echo. &echo REMOVED! Run script again to recompile and add schedule!
timeout /t -1 &color 0f &title %COMSPEC% &exit/b
)
:: compile c# snippet
pushd %~dp0
del /f /q FreeStandbyMemory.exe >nul 2>nul
for /f "tokens=* delims=" %%v in ('dir /b /s /a:-d /o:-n "%Windir%\Microsoft.NET\*csc.exe"') do set "csc="%%v""
%csc% /out:FreeStandbyMemory.exe /target:winexe /platform:anycpu /optimize /nologo "%~f0"
if not exist FreeStandbyMemory.exe echo ERROR! Failed compiling c# snippet & timeout /t -1 & exit /b
echo|set/p=FreeStandbyMemory.exe &copy /y FreeStandbyMemory.exe "%Windir%\FreeStandbyMemory.exe" &set "OUTDIR=%Windir%"
if not exist "%Windir%\FreeStandbyMemory.exe" echo WARNING! Cannot copy FreeStandbyMemory.exe to %Windir%\ &set "OUTDIR=%CD%"
:: setup advanced schedule - can afford higher priority after switching from wmi to winapi
set "task_run=%OUTDIR%\FreeStandbyMemory.exe %CLEAR_WHEN_UNDER_MB% %CLEAR_SYSTEMCACHEWS%"
set "schedule=/Create /RU "System" /NP /RL HIGHEST /F /SD "01/01/2001" /ST "01:00:00" "
schtasks %schedule% /SC MINUTE /MO %CLEAR_EVERY_MINUTES% /TN "FreeStandbyMemory" /TR "%task_run%"
set "sset=$s=New-ScheduledTaskSettingsSet -AllowStartIfOnBatteries -DontStopIfGoingOnBatteries -Priority 1 -StartWhenAvailable;"
set "stopexisting=$s.CimInstanceProperties['MultipleInstances'].Value=3;"
powershell -noprofile -c "%sset% %stopexisting% $null=Set-ScheduledTask -TaskName FreeStandbyMemory -Settings $s"
:: trigger task, force a manual clear and finish setup
schtasks /Run /TN "FreeStandbyMemory"
echo.
echo Clearing StandbyMemory every %CLEAR_EVERY_MINUTES% minutes ONLY if free memory goes under %CLEAR_WHEN_UNDER_MB% MB
echo Can force a clear manually from Command Prompt (Admin) by entering: freestandbymemory
echo.
echo ADDED! Run "%~nx0" again to remove compiled snippet and schedule!
timeout /t -1
exit /b
:: Based on idea from "PowerShell wrapper script for clear StandBy memory without RAMMap" by Alexander Korotkov
:: Implemented SetSystemFileCacheSize and NtSetSystemInformation suggestions by Maks.K
:: Using RtlAdjustPrivilege, GetPerformanceInfo, force clear if no args, stripped output, sanitized by AveYo
*/
using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Reflection;
[assembly:AssemblyTitle("FreeStandbyMemory")]
[assembly:AssemblyCopyrightAttribute("AveYo")]
[assembly:AssemblyVersionAttribute("2019.06.01")]
namespace FreeStandbyMemory
{
class Program
{
static bool retv = false;
static int MemoryPurgeStandbyList = 0x0004;
const int SystemFileCacheInformation = 0x0015;
const int SystemMemoryListInformation = 0x0050;
const int SE_INCREASE_QUOTA_PRIVILEGE = 0x00000005;
const int SE_PROF_SINGLE_PROCESS_PRIVILEGE = 0x0000000d;
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
private class PERFINFO
{
public int cb;
public IntPtr CommitTotal;
public IntPtr CommitLimit;
public IntPtr CommitPeak;
public IntPtr PhysicalTotal;
public IntPtr PhysicalAvailable;
public IntPtr SystemCache;
public IntPtr KernelTotal;
public IntPtr KernelPaged;
public IntPtr KernelNonpaged;
public IntPtr PageSize;
public int HandleCount;
public int ProcessCount;
public int ThreadCount;
public PERFINFO()
{
this.cb = (int)Marshal.SizeOf(typeof(PERFINFO));
}
}
[return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
[DllImport( "psapi.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto, SetLastError = true )]
static extern bool GetPerformanceInfo([In, Out] PERFINFO pi);
[DllImport("psapi.dll")]
static extern bool EmptyWorkingSet(IntPtr hwProc);
[DllImport("kernel32.dll")]
static extern bool SetSystemFileCacheSize(IntPtr MinimumFileCacheSize, IntPtr MaximumFileCacheSize, int Flags);
[DllImport("ntdll.dll")]
static extern IntPtr RtlAdjustPrivilege(int Privilege, bool Enable, bool CurrentThread, out bool RetValue);
[DllImport("ntdll.dll")]
static extern IntPtr NtSetSystemInformation(int InfoClass, out int Info, int Length);
static void Main(string[] args)
{
int target = (args.Length == 0) ? Int32.MaxValue : Convert.ToInt32(args[0]);
bool systemcachews = (args.Length == 0 || args.Length >= 2 && args[1] == "1");
Int64 free = 0;
PERFINFO pi = new PERFINFO();
if (GetPerformanceInfo(pi))
{
Int64 avail = pi.PhysicalAvailable.ToInt64();
Int64 cache = pi.SystemCache.ToInt64();
Int64 page = pi.PageSize.ToInt64();
free = ( (avail > cache) ? avail - cache : cache - avail ) * page >> 20;
/* To debug, change csc /target:winexe to /target:exe and uncomment the Console.WriteLine's */
////Console.WriteLine("Total: {0,5}MB", pi.PhysicalTotal.ToInt64() * page >> 20);
////Console.WriteLine("Avail: {0,5}MB", pi.PhysicalAvailable.ToInt64() * page >> 20);
////Console.WriteLine("Cache: {0,5}MB", pi.SystemCache.ToInt64() * page >> 20);
////Console.WriteLine("Free: {0,5}MB", free);
}
if (free > target) return;
////Console.WriteLine("Target:{0,5}MB - CLEARING!", target);
RtlAdjustPrivilege(SE_INCREASE_QUOTA_PRIVILEGE, true, false, out retv);
RtlAdjustPrivilege(SE_PROF_SINGLE_PROCESS_PRIVILEGE, true, false, out retv);
NtSetSystemInformation(SystemMemoryListInformation, out MemoryPurgeStandbyList, Marshal.SizeOf(MemoryPurgeStandbyList));
if (systemcachews) {
SetSystemFileCacheSize(new IntPtr(-1), new IntPtr(-1), 0);
Process[] processlist = Process.GetProcesses(); // Also free system processes working sets:
foreach(Process p in processlist) if (p.SessionId == 0) try { EmptyWorkingSet(p.Handle); } catch (Exception) {}
}
}
}
}
/*_*/
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