What are the most common (and often overlooked) causes of memory leaks in managed (.net) applications?

Question

Please can anyone recommend a quick checklist / best practice guide to help us avoid simple (but subtle) mistakes that cause could cause memory leaks in .net apps

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Answer 1

I can start to suggest that one should always be aware of IDisposable objects and how to properly dispose them. Also, be very careful with the state in you app. Grab only objects when it's absoluttly necessary. If object A is goind to live for a long period of time in your app, always try not making dependencies between A and other objects.