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No more out of memory errors for Windows Phone

emulators in Windows 10 unless youre really out of
memory

January 27, 2017 by sarah_cooley[msft] // 0 Comments

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For those of you who run emulators in Visual Studio, you may be familiar with an annoying error:

It periodically pops up even when task manager reports enough available memory this is especially true for
machines with less than 8GB RAM. Most of the time, its because there genuinely isnt enough memory
available but sometimes its because of HyperVs root memory reserve discussed in KB2911380.

This blog will tell you what the root memory reserve is, why it exists, and why you shouldnt need it on
Windows 10 starting in build 15002 original announcement here. I also wrote a mini script to clear the
registry key that controls root memory reserve if you think it may be set on your system.

1 InvokeWebRequestUrihttps://raw.githubusercontent.com/Microsoft/VirtualizationDocumentation/live
2
3 .\clearMemoryReserveregkey.ps1

4
5 rmclearMemoryReserveregkey.ps1

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So, What is the root memory reserve and why is it there?

Root memory reserve is the memory HyperV sets aside to make sure there will always be enough available
for the host to run well.

We change HyperV host memory management periodically based on feedback and new technology things
like dynamic memory and changes in clustering. The root memory reserve is only one piece of that equation
and even calculating that piece has several factors. Modifying it is not supported but there is still a registry
key available for times when the default isnt appropriate for one reason or another.

KB2962295 basically describes measuring, monitoring, and modifying the root reserve.

KB2911380 tells you how to manually set it.

And now Im here to tell you to remove it!

1 $rootReserveKey="MemoryReserve"
2 $rootReserveKeyPath="HKLM:Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Virtualization"

3
4 #Andhere'showyouremoveit:)

5 RemoveItemPropertyPath$rootReserveKeyPathName$rootReserveKey

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Why you dont need root memory reserve any more.

We stopped using a root memory reserve in favor of other memory management tools in Windows 10. The
things that make it necessary are unique to server environments clustering, service level agreements.

However, while the default memory management settings on server are now different from HyperV on
Windows, if root reserve is set on Windows 10 HyperV will respect it you wont see any of the memory
management changes we made. Which is why now is the time to clear that custom root memory reserve.

Cheers,
Sarah

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