Desktop Windows Manager - Excessive memory usage

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Authorman

New Acer Aspire TC-895 only 3 weeks old. I have noticed ever since my Windows 10 Home upgraded to Version 20H2, OS build 19042.804, I have had issues with Desktop Windows Manager (DWM) using excessive memory.


After a restart the amount of memory used by DWM continues to grow. At one point, with only one browser session open, the amount of memory used by DWM was 2,685.3 MB. This pushed my total memory usage beyond 90%. Closing all apps does not reduce the amount of memory used. Only a restart brings the amount back to 42MB-50MB, which then begins increasing again.


I have changed my Desktop Background setting from Slideshow to Picture and I have tried other "supposed" fixes I have seen. So far, nothing has eliminated this issue.


Surely, there must be some reasonable fix for this issue.

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