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Fills up ram when minimized

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Wolfram
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When i minimize, it starts "eating" ram the computer crashed when it consumed 59GB of ram.. suspect memory leak.. One solution is turning it off after checked for mail...But i kinda want it minimized so i don't have to check by starting it every now and then..

When i minimize, it starts "eating" ram the computer crashed when it consumed 59GB of ram.. suspect memory leak.. One solution is turning it off after checked for mail...But i kinda want it minimized so i don't have to check by starting it every now and then..

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Found the problem, do NOT! use a animated gif as "start picture"!! Switched to a .jpg and problem gone.

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Found the problem, do NOT! use a animated gif as "start picture"!! Switched to a .jpg and problem gone.

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