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ComputerInfo.AvailablePhysicalMemory Property

.NET Framework 4.5

Gets the total amount of free physical memory for the computer.

This API is not CLS-compliant. 

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualBasic.Devices
Assembly:  Microsoft.VisualBasic (in Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll)
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[CLSCompliantAttribute(false)]
public ulong AvailablePhysicalMemory { get; }

Property Value

Type: System.UInt64
A ULong containing the number of bytes of free physical memory for the computer.
ExceptionCondition
Win32Exception

The application cannot obtain the memory status.

The My.Computer.Info.AvailablePhysicalMemory property requires Windows XP, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000 Server, or Windows Vista.

This example uses the My.Computer.Info.AvailablePhysicalMemory property to display the amount of available physical memory for the computer on which the code runs.

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MsgBox("Computer's available physical memory: " & 
    My.Computer.Info.AvailablePhysicalMemory)

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4.5, 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

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