User Manual Introduction How to... Profile a .NET Process Start Profiling an Application Start Profiling ASP.NET Start Profiling a WPF Browser Application Start Profiling a Windows Service Use the Memory Analyser Find Memory Leaks View Real-time Heap Utilization Work with a Previously Saved Session Find Out Information about the Native Memory of a .NET Process Perform Unit Testing together with the Profiler Increase the Performance of the Profiler Attach to a Process Import Memory Dump Files Create or Load a Profiler Project Start Profiling using a Profiler Project Compare Snapshots using the Profiler Projects Explorer Setup Native Stack Walks Starting .NET Memory Profiler Interactive Mode Non-Interactive Mode Command Line Arguments Available Command Line Options Response Files Exit Codes The .NET Memory Profiler Window Snapshot Dropdown Lists AppDomains and Threads Selector Commands Status Bar Field Sets Info Panel Context Menus Copying Data to the Clipboard Fast Column Filter Navigating Types, Resources, and Instances Column Layout and Customization Profiler Projects Comparing Project Snapshots Adding and Removing Sessions Preferences Symbol File Locations Session Settings General Settings Page Launch Settings Page Snapshots Settings Page Session File Settings Page AppDomains and Threads Settings Page Real-time Settings Page Memory Leak Settings Page Instance Data Collection Settings Page ­Call Stacks Settings Page Instance Data Collection Form Types/Resources Page Type/Resource Details Page Instances Allocation Stacks Shortest root paths Instances, Allocation Stack, and Root Path Synchronization Instance Details Page Referenced by References/Wraps Field values Wrapped by Related resource instances Root path Instance creation Call Stacks/Methods Page Call Stacks View Methods View Details (allocated instances) Native Memory Page Memory View Managed heaps JIT Code Thread stacks Identified resources Unidentified unmanaged heaps Profiler induced data Other Data Data System Private, Shared, and Potentially Shared Memory Real-Time Page Graph A Comment on the Appearance of Total and Live Plots Statistics Real-time Types/Resources Working with the Graph Session Time Selector Reducing Data Automatic Memory Analysis Issue Presentation Ignoring Analysis Issues Modifying Ignored Issues Analysis Issues List Disposable Types Classification and Undisposed Instances Ignoring Framework Issues Held and Reachable Instances Dispose Tracker Disposed Instances Undisposed instances Heap Utilization Tracker Unreachable instances Unmanaged Resources Tracker Resource Tracker Limitations Associated Memory Creation Context AppDomains and Threads Tracker Call Stacks Reduction Limiting Call Stack Depth Excluding Call Stack Functions Call Stack Reducer GC Handle Identification Visual Studio Integration Start Profiling a Project Open a Previously Saved Session Access Profiler Settings Commands in Visual Studio .NET Memory Profiler API Using Assertions to Detect Memory Leaks Using Wildcard to Perform Namespace Assertions Memory Assertions Session Performing Assertions using the AssertionsDefinition class Specifying Types using TypeSets Declarative Memory Assertions Memory Assertions on Generic Types Using Memory Assertions with Unit Testing How to Call the .NET Memory Profiler API Methods Adding Comments to the Real-time Graph Handling Failed Memory Assertions Viewing Failed Memory Assertions Appendix Information about Delayed Instance Cleanup Support for .NET Framework 2.0 and Later Generic Classes Generic Methods Known Issues Glossary of Terms