Android Studio causes Windows 8.1 to crash

Question

Ever since I updated my PC to Windows 8.1, when I start Android Studio and run a simple app I\'m testing with, I get a :( with a \"critical_structure_error\" that forces m

Answer 1

It turns out it's a Windows 8 issue with the available virtual memory. It seems like a few new processes (like Superfetch) eat up a ton of processing power to constantly scan your drive for changes, so searching is faster.

The solution is to change the min and max virtual memory values. Here's how to do that:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/change-virtual-memory-size#1TC=windows-7

I have 7GB of memory so I set the min to 2000MB and max to 5000MB. Haven't had a crash all day!