RAMpage FAQs



How many times should I double click the icon in the tray? Seems every time I double click the number goes higher?

Each time you double click the program tries to free 10MBytes.

Can I double click as often as I want to? Will more memory appear with each double click? Can that cause problems?

You can continue attempting to free memory until the system can't free any more. However, there isn't much point doing this unless you have an application running that is complaining that it needs more memory. Freeing RAM just for the heck of it will cause Windows to read and write the page file, which slows things down.

There is a right click option to free memory, does that work the same as double clicking the icon?

Exactly.

I don't understand all this "command line" stuff. How do I change parameters? How do I make this program run automatically when Windows starts?

To add "command line" parameters to a Windows program you must first create a shortcut to the program. The steps are:

1. Open Windows Explorer
2. Find the file you downloaded: RAMpage.exe
3. Right click on the file
4. Select "Create Shortcut" from the popup menu - This creates a file called "Shortcut to RAMpage.exe" in the current folder
5. Right click on the Shortcut.
6. Select "Properties"
7. Select the "Shortcut" tab from the popup properties dialog box.
8. The "Target" field contains the "command line". It will look something like: "C:\Program Files\Accessories\RAMpage.exe" Add the parameters you require and click "OK".
For example: "C:\Program Files\Accessories\RAMpage.exe U=10 M=20" causes the program to update the memory status every 10 seconds (default is 5) and it attempts to free 20MBytes each time you double-click, (default is 10MBytes).
9. Now run the Shortcut instead of the actual program.

Note: If you wish, you can drag the shortcut onto the desktop to access it easily. Also, you can select the "Rename" option from the right-click menu to change the name from "Shortcut to RAMpage.exe" to something shorter, (like just "RAMpage" maybe).

To cause the program to start automatically when you start Windows, copy the shortcut, then go to the Windows/Start Menu/Programs/Startup folder and paste the Shortcut.