Windows 11 was officially released to all PC users worldwide on October 5. Although it has been tested for several months through the Windows Insider program, a number of users have found some annoying bugs, one of which is that this operating system is RAM-hungry.
A Reddit user nicknamed gyrohan269 discovered a Windows 11 bug that was causing the Explorer app to be unable to free up RAM even though the user had completely shut down the app. Even Explorer keeps consuming RAM when he restarts the app and every time he opens a new folder, the app will eat up even more RAM.
"Every time you open or close Windows Explorer, the amount of RAM used increases by several MB without decreasing when you close it. For example: When I turn on my PC Windows Explorer uses 60MB, then when I open the folder it goes up to 80MB and when I close Windows Explorer only down to 70MB instead of 60MB. Even when I open the folder many times it eats up to 1GB of RAM," said gyrohan269.
As soon as gyrohan269 shared the information, his post on Reddit immediately got the attention of thousands of other users and many of them claimed to be facing the same problem.
According to the PCGamesn site, this bug appeared in Windows 11 Insider a few months ago, but is still not fixed by Microsoft in the recently released official version of Windows 11 Build 22000.194. Although the level of "RAM eater" is not very significant, it shows that Microsoft has not really perfected its new operating system.
Windows 11 Available
Despite having a bug, Microsoft has good news. The technology giant from Redmond has confirmed that Windows 11 is available.
"Windows is a driving force for innovation. It is the platform and place for more than a billion people to do their jobs, pursue their aspirations, and connect with the people they love. With Windows 11, we are reimagining the entire user experience to bring you closer. with what you love, empowers you to be more productive, and inspires you to be creative.Windows 11 will give users a sense of calm and comfort, while keeping all users safe.We love to bring Windows 11 .
There are three ways to get Windows 11, namely:
Buy a new PC pre-installed with Windows 11
Purchase an eligible Windows 10 PC for a free upgrade to Windows 11
Use the PC Health Check app to check if your current Windows 10 PC is eligible for the free upgrade. The link is here.
Windows 11 brings with it many new features. You can listen to the discussion in the following article: Windows 11 features.
