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Memory Usage Tool

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The Memory Usage tool (Memtool.exe) displays information about kernel memory usage. This tool runs within the Windows CE Console Debug Shell tool (Cesh.exe), using the -s parameter.

memtool [kernel | full]

Parameters

  • kernel
    Lists kernel information.
  • full
    Lists full memory information.
  • No parameter
    Lists summary memory information.

Example

The following code example shows how to use Memtool.exe.

memtool kernel

Remarks

In the full memory information listing, the memory map is shown with a character that represents each page of memory being used. The following table shows the definitions that are used to describe each page.

Character Definition
- Page reserved
C Code executing from ROM
c Code executing from RAM
S Stack
P Unknown Page Frame Number (PFN)
W Read/write data
O Object store
r Read-only data from RAM
R Read-only data

See Also

Windows CE Console Debug Shell Tool

 Last updated on Friday, October 08, 2004

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