Hi, i closed every IE window, but still have some 8 times IE open, using a tonload of CPU.

Included the pic.

thanks

Jeff

Hello Jeff,

When a process is in blue like that, it indicates that it has been suspended. When you open IE, you would have one iexplorer.exe process opened for the program itself, then 1 more per tab you have open. The suspended processes will eventually be removed from memory as Windows 8 needs the memory that the suspended processes is using.

The best example that I can give for this new suspended app deal is to think of it like superfetch. When you close the app, it gets suspended, but sits in memory (RAM) to be able to load faster if needed to open/run the app again. If Windows needs to use any of the memory that suspended apps are sitting in like superfetch, then Windows will automatically purge the memory for how much more it needs starting with the oldest app sitting in memory.

It doesn't hurt anything or use any of the systems resources for an app to sit suspended in memory. The app doesn't run in the background while suspended, it's closed and on standby instead now.

Hope this helps to clear up what "suspended" means in Windows 8 better.

Originally Posted by whs

Have a look into Resource Monitor > Memory tab. The dark blue area is where those IE instances are cached. But this is "available RAM". And as Shawn says, those instances will be deleted when the RAM is needed for other processes.

After Shawn explanation I feel better about the "suspended thing"

Nice explanation, thanks Brink.