ie11 memory snapshot creation fails with 'out of memory' error

Question

When we try to take a memory snapshot in ie11's memory profiler (windows 10) We get an out of memory exception.

Is there a way to tell ie dev tools to use more memory? our computer has much more memory than is needed.

Answer 1

Are you running the 64-bit version of IE (specifically, enable Enhanced Protected Mode and Use 64-bit Processes for EPM inside Tools > Internet Options > Advanced).

The problem is that 32bit processes cannot allocate more than ~300mb in a single allocation due to address-space fragmentation, no matter how much memory your PC has.