.NET EXE memory footprint

Question

Even a simple Notepad application in C# consumes megabytes of RAM as seen in the task manager. On minimizing the application the memory size in the task manager goes down co

Answer 1

The task manager does not show real life usage of memory for a .NET app. To see that you almost have to put a performance counter on the app or use a profiler.

What you see in the Task Manager is the working memory of an app which includes a bunch of overhead for the framework itself which must also load when your app loads.