Freeing Program Memory in Windows Mobile

Today I was busy trying to multitask on my 8125. I kept receiving out of memory errors and was pretty frustrated thinking that I already pushed my device to the limits. Luckily I stumbled across the Running Programs list in the Memory screen. You can access this by going to Start > Settings > System > Memory > Running Programs.

After opening the list I realized there was no less than 10 programs running, which were ultimately causing my device to run slowly. The weird thing about Windows mobile is there’s generally no explicit way to close a program. Actually, I take that back. There used to be a way with Pocket PC to kill a program by pulling up the on-screen keyboard and selecting CTRL-Q. I’ll have to give it a try and see what happens…..just tried it and it does work!

Now if I can just find a way to do it from the hard keyboard. The 8125 has a cool concept of an OK button which I would assimilate to minimizing a desktop application. It sends the app to the background and displays whatever was underneath. At any rate, be sure to keep your memory clean and the device will perform much better.