System reboot/refresh/unload style app?

[seriouscat]

You know how after you reboot your pc, all the clutter and unreleased memory bits from running a pc for couple days on end gets all reset and cleared?

Just wondering if theres a app that does something similar but without restarting.

Say you've used your pc for 1 week without rebooting, only using standy. Is there an app and will run and evaluate if some app you used few days ago hasnt release memory or harddrive cache, files queue...etc..

Basically a reboot program without rebooting. Does such a thing exit?


(...and no, the "reboot" button on my pc doesnt count as an app )

 

[ChAoTiCpInOy]

No there is no app to restart without restarting. You would have to restart because of some things that need to be shut down can only be done with a complete computer restart.

 

[Nothinman]

You know how after you reboot your pc, all the clutter and unreleased memory bits from running a pc for couple days on end gets all reset and cleared?

No, because that's not how it works. All of my boxes run fine for months at a time.

Say you've used your pc for 1 week without rebooting, only using standy. Is there an app and will run and evaluate if some app you used few days ago hasnt release memory or harddrive cache, files queue...etc..

No, because that's not how it works. As soon as a process exits the kernel frees all of the memory, file handles, sockets, etc that the process had open. The filesystem cache is another issue, however you don't want that freed immediately.