unload DLL

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Many think XP will keep dynamic link libraries (DLL) that are no longer being used. This wastes memory space, and tends to cause stability problems in some systems. While this key is reffered to all over the Internet, I could not find any reference to this on Microsofts site. This appears to be W9x setting that many still list as a performance tweak in XP even though windows doesn't seem to recognize it. Just in case, here is the registry change:
  • navigate the registry to:
    1. HKLM
    2. Software
    3. Microsoft
    4. Windows
    5. CurrentVersion
    6. Explorer
  • change or create a setting
    • type= DWORD
    • name= "AlwaysUnloadDLL"
    • value= 00000001
references
  • PC pitstop
    http://www.pctools.com/guides/registry/detail/667/
  • a list of bad tweaks
    http://tweakhound.com/xp/xptweaks/supertweaks11.htm