Garbage Collection does not reduce current memory usage - in release mode. Why?

Question

I built a quick program that needed to loop through an enormous log file (a couple of million records) and find various bits and pieces from inside. Because the volume of da

Answer 1

There is a way. I found this article, it is in spanish by sure you understand the code, it works, I tested [http://www.nerdcoder.com/c-net-forzar-liberacion-de-memoria-de-nuestras-aplicaciones/][1]

[DllImport("kernel32.dll", EntryPoint = "SetProcessWorkingSetSize", ExactSpelling = true, CharSet = CharSet.Ansi, SetLastError = true)]
private static extern int SetProcessWorkingSetSize(IntPtr process, int minimumWorkingSetSize, int maximumWorkingSetSize);
public static void alzheimer()
{
    GC.Collect();
    GC.WaitForPendingFinalizers();
    SetProcessWorkingSetSize(System.Diagnostics.Process.GetCurrentProcess().Handle, -1, -1);
}