<![CDATA[Opera crashing "out of memory" when lots of memory still available]]>Hello, I'm using Opera on Win 7 64 Bit,
with 4gb of RAM. I have the paging file disabled for security reasons.
Opera keeps crashing due to out of memory error, when I still have
over 1gb of free unallocated RAM. I check the task manager and Opera runs numerous
processes when I'm only using one window. Why is this and why can't I use the
remainder of my RAM for Opera? Is there more way to allocate memory to Opera?
And can I disable some opera features that would free up some RAM?
Thanks

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/5244/opera-crashing-out-of-memory-when-lots-of-memory-still-availableRSS for NodeSun, 17 May 2026 01:26:40 GMTFri, 19 Sep 2014 19:08:43 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Opera crashing "out of memory" when lots of memory still available on Tue, 24 Oct 2017 09:31:06 GMT]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/17877/new-version-out-of-memory-issue

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/119976https://forums.opera.com/post/119976Tue, 24 Oct 2017 09:31:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera crashing "out of memory" when lots of memory still available on Tue, 02 May 2017 17:58:38 GMT]]><@rafaelluik> I set my virtual memory size to "Defined by System" which is actually "System Managed Size"
( I thought it looked wrong so I checked..) and still the out of memory error happens. Still no answer I know of yet and it's May 2017.
Anyone solve why this happens?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/119974https://forums.opera.com/post/119974Tue, 02 May 2017 17:58:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera crashing "out of memory" when lots of memory still available on Sat, 18 Jul 2015 06:12:50 GMT]]>IIRC its 2 GB per processes. Since everything is split into its own process its not really a problem. The only time I've ever had a single Opera process consume upwards of a gigabyte was when flash was busy being a piece of crap.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/80062https://forums.opera.com/post/80062Sat, 18 Jul 2015 06:12:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera crashing "out of memory" when lots of memory still available on Sat, 18 Jul 2015 04:33:36 GMT]]>Keep in mind that Opera is a 32-bit program in Windows. Without a pagefile to give it virtual memory, it is limited to 2 GB - some of which is used by plugins and Windows itself. Not that Opera shouldn't run in 2 GB if you don't get carried away, but you are limiting yourself there.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/80053https://forums.opera.com/post/80053Sat, 18 Jul 2015 04:33:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera crashing "out of memory" when lots of memory still available on Sat, 18 Jul 2015 03:07:18 GMT]]>I wouldn't blame this on Windows. It's been happening to me on my iMac for the last few months. About to give up on Opera.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/80050https://forums.opera.com/post/80050Sat, 18 Jul 2015 03:07:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera crashing "out of memory" when lots of memory still available on Sat, 16 May 2015 05:31:17 GMT]]>have you check the Opera.exe processes on your Windows task manager on your computer.

if not, then go to task manager on your computer, then go to processes,then right click on one of the Opera.exe process, then go to "Set Priority", and their should be a list of priority, with "Low" the lowest and "Real Time" the highest. and if it's set to "Low", then select "Normal" to that process.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/75161https://forums.opera.com/post/75161Sat, 16 May 2015 05:31:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera crashing "out of memory" when lots of memory still available on Thu, 07 May 2015 20:51:15 GMT]]>Some programs need to have a swapfile, regardless of how much RAM is fitted.
IIRC some Adobe programs used to be notorious for this, they just wouldn't work if there was no swapfile available.
If you're worried about security with a swapfile, and you're comfortable with editing the registry, navigate to
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management
and set the "ClearPageFileAtShutdown" entry to "1".
The usual caveats about backing up first apply of course!
🙂

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/74433https://forums.opera.com/post/74433Thu, 07 May 2015 20:51:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera crashing "out of memory" when lots of memory still available on Thu, 07 May 2015 17:59:24 GMT]]>Go to the Control Panel, System, Advanced Proprieties, Performance. One of the buttons will lead you to the virtual memory settings. It should be enabled to at least onf of your SSDs/HDDs. Set your virtual memory size to "Defined by system", apply and restart.

Mame sure you have this setting to be defined by system and that you have enough free space in your SSD/HDD.

Only then, come here to tell us whether the issue remains.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/74420https://forums.opera.com/post/74420Thu, 07 May 2015 17:59:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera crashing "out of memory" when lots of memory still available on Tue, 05 May 2015 02:26:11 GMT]]>

I check the task manager and Opera runs numerous
processes when I'm only using one window.

Extensions, add-ons, plug-ins use memory. Do you use a lot of those? Opera divides it's processes up, so that if one thing crashes, the browser doesn't. So each extension, plugin, etc. uses a different process. If they all used the same process, you'd have more ram being used in that one process, and if anything went wrong, the browser would crash. So the separate processes are, it's my understanding, user-friendly. Of course, if you use a lot of tabs, that takes memory. Do you have other programs working in the background besides Opera. That can be taking up memory. Also, there could be, it's my understanding, memory leaks from malware, viruses. Etc. You need to check for that.

If other browsers like Opera, eg., Chrome, (which is the most alike), Firefox, IE) don't have the out-of-memory problems, (which is what @scifisi suggests) (but it's up to the original poster to test it for his situation), then that would suggest to me something with the Opera setup that is causing it.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/74184https://forums.opera.com/post/74184Tue, 05 May 2015 02:26:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera crashing "out of memory" when lots of memory still available on Tue, 05 May 2015 01:23:33 GMT]]>

Mr. Lando242 with your 1013 posts, if you have Opera with over 400 tabs open and everything is running for weeks then you're a ....

Mad or jealous, I can't decide which...

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/74180https://forums.opera.com/post/74180Tue, 05 May 2015 01:23:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera crashing "out of memory" when lots of memory still available on Tue, 05 May 2015 00:29:18 GMT]]>I'm sorry I have to disagree with all of you (apart from forum2233) as I have the same problem.
Stop blaming Windows please that is not the issue. On the same system that Opera is giving an 'Out of Memory' error I also have Firefox, Chrome and even IE - Yes that's right all of the other browsers are working just fine.

Stop pointing the finger and realise that there is a problem with Opera - yes that's right, as difficult as is is to believe here in forums.opera.com land it still has problems. Stop burying your heads in the sand and please stop thinking it's perfect. Stop blaming the operating system even though it's Windows (lol, oh how funny we all use Linux here smarmy land) and deal with the problem at hand.

Mr. Lando242 with your 1013 posts, if you have Opera with over 400 tabs open and everything is running for weeks then you're a ....

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/74177https://forums.opera.com/post/74177Tue, 05 May 2015 00:29:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera crashing "out of memory" when lots of memory still available on Thu, 12 Feb 2015 11:07:40 GMT]]>16 gigs of RAM here. I regularly keep Opera running for days, even weeks, and have had upwards of 400 tabs going at once and never gotten such an error.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/66901https://forums.opera.com/post/66901Thu, 12 Feb 2015 11:07:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera crashing "out of memory" when lots of memory still available on Thu, 12 Feb 2015 09:07:12 GMT]]>@peroen

This should not happen on a OS with such large ressources.

Please report this as a bug at https://bugs.opera.com/wizarddesktop/ and add crashdump files/information

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/66887https://forums.opera.com/post/66887Thu, 12 Feb 2015 09:07:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera crashing "out of memory" when lots of memory still available on Thu, 12 Feb 2015 08:40:05 GMT]]>Just a (late) comment: I'm running Windows Server 2008 R2 with 16 GB RAM and a 16 GB pagefile. I'm still getting the "Out of memory" error in Opera (v27) from time to time, even when the amount of free RAM is 10 GB or more. So the problem might not be the lack of a pagefile or Windows running out of free memory.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/66885https://forums.opera.com/post/66885Thu, 12 Feb 2015 08:40:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera crashing "out of memory" when lots of memory still available on Sun, 21 Sep 2014 13:03:29 GMT]]>

Is this a fault of Windows or Opera?

It's not the fault but configuration of Windows. You'd need an astronomical RAM and still to watch what you're doing in order to use Windows with the 0 pf. Any "greedy" app will crash otherwise.
NuOpera is a multiprocessing app, and EACH process reserves a certain space in RAM, and the OS reserves some place in its virtual memory... If it can find one...
The guys built the system for years, so why do you think someone can just dismiss an element as "redundant"?
There's used space and there's space in use. There are differences...

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/52000https://forums.opera.com/post/52000Sun, 21 Sep 2014 13:03:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera crashing "out of memory" when lots of memory still available on Sun, 21 Sep 2014 12:35:05 GMT]]>And if it's Windows ?.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/51998https://forums.opera.com/post/51998Sun, 21 Sep 2014 12:35:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera crashing "out of memory" when lots of memory still available on Sun, 21 Sep 2014 12:31:00 GMT]]>Thanks for the advice guys, but still doesn't answer my question of why this is happening. Is this a fault of Windows or Opera? If it's Opera the developers should fix this bug.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/51997https://forums.opera.com/post/51997Sun, 21 Sep 2014 12:31:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera crashing "out of memory" when lots of memory still available on Sat, 20 Sep 2014 11:10:44 GMT]]>Did you disable pagefile for privacy reasons?

Then encrypt teh pagefile: http://wiki.gonzofamily.com/a/Ms_Windows_Pagefile_and_Privacy 😉

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/51922https://forums.opera.com/post/51922Sat, 20 Sep 2014 11:10:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera crashing "out of memory" when lots of memory still available on Fri, 19 Sep 2014 20:11:11 GMT]]>Did you read the blog I linked to?
Anyway, as I see it, it's not an Opera issue: if you believe Windows should behave differently, you should resort to Microsoft's support...

[ :pssst: ] Linux, it's possessive is its😛 [/:pssst:]

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/51888https://forums.opera.com/post/51888Fri, 19 Sep 2014 20:11:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera crashing "out of memory" when lots of memory still available on Fri, 19 Sep 2014 20:10:57 GMT]]>Surely this is a Windows memory problem ?, As it seems to be starving Opera of the RAM that it requires. Have you tried turning off resource eating effects (transparency and transition effect) and programs that start up with Windows ?. Maybe running Opera on its own (with on other programs running) or only opening a minimal amount of tabs ?.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/51887https://forums.opera.com/post/51887Fri, 19 Sep 2014 20:10:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera crashing "out of memory" when lots of memory still available on Fri, 19 Sep 2014 19:51:03 GMT]]>@joshl, what's the big deal? Opera crashes even before using 1gb of RAM, there's a whole other GB available that it could be using. So what's the deal? Can I allocate more memory to Opera? I don't see a reason why Windows should reserve 1 gb for nothing.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/51886https://forums.opera.com/post/51886Fri, 19 Sep 2014 19:51:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera crashing "out of memory" when lots of memory still available on Fri, 19 Sep 2014 19:46:57 GMT]]>

...with 4gb of RAM. I have the paging file disabled...

Oh my :rip:

Opera keeps crashing due to out of memory error...

It will...

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/51885https://forums.opera.com/post/51885Fri, 19 Sep 2014 19:46:57 GMT