The short answer is "it depends" The longer answer is that Windows has limited resources for applications to use Memory, Window Handles, File Handles etc. David Hayes David Hayes 1, 3 3 gold badges 13 13 silver badges 22 22 bronze badges. This is by design. This is the way it should be. This is better than the alternative and how the alternative works.
Zac B Zac B 2, 4 4 gold badges 21 21 silver badges 37 37 bronze badges. Thanks for the link to Raymond Chen's article. I don't think your summary accurately reflects the author's views. He doesn't say it should be this way. He concludes: "So it's not that Windows has to restart after replacing a file that is in use. It's just that it would rather not deal with the complexity that results if it doesn't.
Engineering is a set of trade-offs. Linux is noted for requiring a restart less frequently. Do they deal with the complexity, or do they just break things? This is opinion, but a few things come to mind: Linux systems that upgrade libraries in-place can often leave other programs running that are linked to old versions of those libraries. There are a lot of systems that try to prevent this, but the complexity discussed in the Microsoft post is still present and isn't always abstracted away, so library-versioning bloat is something that occurs often, for better or worse.
Linux also tends towards a more strict regime of dependence modularity, rather than proliferating "used by everything ever" libraries. Those still exist as do problems caused by in-place upgrades leading to reload-related problems , but are less prevalent than on Windows. IMO, a lot of that reduced prevalence has to do with Windows being developed in a much more agglomerated way with a persistent goal of backwards compatibility than Linux, which has an architecture that is, if not more consistent, usually interacted with in a more consistent way.
TL;DR: Linux often makes the tradeoff in favor of the rigor and development time necessary to engage with the complexity you mentioned. Having a modular, consistent architecture helps as well. MinWin appears to be Microsoft's push in the same direction. MinWin is the result of that work. It is not a complete rewrite of the kernel, but a reorganization of the APIs, so that components only call down the stack, and not up it.
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Sign up using Email and Password. Post as a guest Name. Email Required, but never shown. The Overflow Blog. Therefore, when you restart your computer, you flush out all the random, unimportant, and temporary data bogging down your device.
Speeds up Performance — Reboots are known to keep computers running quickly. However, outdated, overused or glitch programs may end up forgetting to return that memory, resulting in memory leaks.
Rebooting can help prevent memory leaks from occurring. Fixes Internet Connection — Sometimes computers lose their connection to the Internet and will need to be reset. The first plan of action is to restart your computer. Restarting will reset the connection.
Application developers are human, too, and sometimes the software they create can have some unintended side effects. This can lead to slowness, like our first example, or even prevent the software from operating correctly. Network connectivity is another common reason to restart your computer. This can refresh the network settings for your computer without completely resetting them. It can be easy to get bogged down in all of your network settings, so try this before taking any additional, complex steps.
Is RAM full? No idea what this means? Our computers are complex, and for the untrained individual, it could take hours to reach a solution. Restarting has the benefit of doing this for you. Your computer lives on patches and updates. Most of the time these updates download automatically but require a reboot to install. Recently downloaded updates is onne of the most common reaasons to restart your computer. Here are a few other tips to keep you secure and your work uninterrupted:.
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