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

It is possible that your objects are still rooted somehow. You could try using a memory profiler to see if this is the case. I usually recommend SciTech's .NET Memory Profiler to do this but Red-Gate also has a decent memory profiler. Both SciTech and Red-Gate have trial versions available. It is also possible using WinDBG with SOS.

There is a somewhat out of date list of all profilers here.