Advanced Garbage Collection Potential

I encountered a significant obstacle during a recent image and PDF processing project using Windows Forms Applications. Despite having a system equipped with x64 architecture and an abundance of RAM, the application consistently failed, unable to handle the processing load.

Desperate for a solution, I sought the assistance of Telerik's support team, renowned for its proficiency in troubleshooting and optimizing software applications. Their insightful guidance led me to a sequence of commands involving the .NET Garbage Collector (GC), which remarkably solved the persistent issue.

Even with ample system resources, the Windows Forms Application could not manage the memory efficiently during the image processing tasks, causing the application to crash repeatedly.

How to apply the GC commands?

 Here is a simplified representation of how to apply the GC commands I was using.

public void OptimizeMemory()
{
    GC.Collect();
    GC.WaitForPendingFinalizers(); .
    GC.Collect();
}

Telerik's adept team advised leveraging the .NET Garbage Collector (GC) to optimize the application's memory management. By invoking specific GC commands, it was possible to control the garbage collection process manually, ensuring that the system effectively released unused objects, thereby preventing memory overflow.

These are the GC commands recommended.

public void OptimizeMemory()
{
    GC.Collect();
    GC.WaitForPendingFinalizers();
    GC.WaitForFullGCApproach();
    GC.WaitForFullGCComplete();
    GC.Collect();
}

Here is a sample of how I used the function OptimizeMemory().

using System.IO;

string[] imagePaths = Directory.GetFiles("my_root_path");

for (int i = 0; i < imagePaths.Length; i++)
{

    // Process the image...

    if (i == 100_000)
    {
        OptimizeMemory();
    }
}

Not only WinForms, but can you use this Garbage Collector command sequence.