Desktop Window Manager High Memory Or CPU Usage (Windows 10/11) | Memory Leak | How To Fix
17Desktop Window Manager High Memory Or CPU Usage (Windows 10/11) | Memory Leak | How To Fix
If your computer seems a bit sluggish, launch the Task Manager to check if your apps use too much memory. You may notice the Desktop Window Manager is to blame. As a quick reminder, the Desktop Window Manager (dwm.exe) is a process that powers many graphics effects in Windows 10, such as transparency, animations, layering, and more.
Desktop Window Manager (dwm.exe) is a window manager that is responsible for the Windows 10 and Windows 11 graphics effects like the Flip3D and the transparent windows or the live taskbar thumbnails.
It’s a regular process that you will find in the Windows Task Manager running smoothly most of the time.
However, sometimes, this can go wrong and start consuming too many resources, causing black screen errors or software crashes.
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If you feel like your system is a little slower than the usual, the first thing you might do is to check the task manager to see if any of the applications are consuming huge amounts of memory. Sometimes, you may find that the culprit is none other than a process called "dwm.exe" that belongs to Desktop Window Manager.
This tutorial will apply for computers, laptops, desktops, and tablets running the Windows 10 and Windows 11 operating systems (Home, Professional, Enterprise, Education) from all supported hardware manufactures, like Dell, HP, Acer, Asus, Toshiba, Lenovo, Alienware, Razer, MSI, Huawei , Microsoft Surface, and Samsung.