What are ways to solve Memory Leaks in C#

Question

I\'m learning C#. From what I know, you have to set things up correctly to have the garbage collector actually delete everything as it should be. I\'m looking for wisdom learn

Answer 1

Others have already mentioned the importance of IDisposable, and some of the things to watch out for in your code.

I wanted to suggest some additional resources; I found the following invaluable when learning the details of .NET GC and how to trouble-shoot memory issues in .NET applications.

CLR via C# by Jeffrey Richter is an excellent book. Worth the purchase price just for the chapter on GC and memory.

This blog (by a Microsoft "ASP.NET Escalation Engineer") is often my go-to source for tips and tricks for using WinDbg, SOS, and for spotting certain types of memory leaks. Tess even designed .NET debugging demos/labs which will walk you through common memory issues and how to recognize and solve them.

Debugging Tools for Windows (WinDbg, SOS, etc)