# vmmem Windows reporting label: Microsoft Corporation vmmem, vmmem.exe, utility vm memory Windows, System Component vmmem na synthetic Windows process representation for CPU and memory resources wey virtual machines dey use. Identify di virtualization workload instead of looking for standalone vmmem installer. ## Wetin you need know Microsoft explain say di system dey synthesize vmmem to account for resources wey other virtual machines dey use. Hypervisor-based features fit be involved even when user no start traditional VM. This entry describe a Windows reporting label, not a certificate or installer for a file wey get the same name. (pcm) - **Does this label identify an executable file?**: No file identity follow from this label. Investigate any actual file separately. (pcm) **What should I inspect?**: Check wetin dey run for di relevant virtualization tool. If di workload na WSL, use di vmmemWSL article and di WSL command reference; else use di actual VM product's diagnostics. Feex tok say If vmmem big well well, I dey shut down the VM or run wsl --shutdown. I no dey hunt wsl.exe for dose gigabytes, and I no dey delete vmmem file from Explorer. ## Understand the Windows reporting context Microsoft own explanation support di resource-accounting role. E no verify any vmmem.exe file or mean say every virtualization workload get di same settings. ## Wetin be vmmem? vmmem na synthetic Windows process representation for CPU and memory resources wey virtual machines dey use. Identify di virtualization workload instead of looking for standalone vmmem installer. ## Wetin e dey do? Microsoft explain say di system dey synthesize vmmem to account for resources wey other virtual machines dey use. Hypervisor-based features fit be involved even when user no start traditional VM. ## Wetin make am dey run? Check di virtual machines and virtualization-based applications wey dey run on di computer. No assume say every vmmem reading belong to WSL; WSL-specific investigation dey for separate place. ## Wetin make many copies dey? Check di virtual machines and virtualization-based applications wey dey run on di computer. No assume say every vmmem reading belong to WSL; WSL-specific investigation dey for separate place. ## E dey safe? A familiar system label no fit certify a separate executable wey use the same name. Inspect that file independently if one dey. (pcm) ## I fit end am? Shutting down a VM go interrupt im applications and jobs. Save guest work and follow di application's shutdown procedure before any restart or configuration change. ## I fit comot am? Treat the reported platform function or workload through its documented management controls. The label no identify a file to delete. (pcm) ## E suppose start with Windows? Check di virtual machines and virtualization-based applications wey dey run on di computer. No assume say every vmmem reading belong to WSL; WSL-specific investigation dey for separate place. ## Interpret the resource reading Compare host and guest observations during di same workload. An aggregate host reading no go identify a particular Linux process, VM or file by itself. ## Label and file identity | Reported name | vmmem | | -------------------- | ----------------------------- | | Executable path | Not established by this label | | Certificate identity | Not established by this label | ## Common wahala dem Compare host and guest observations during di same workload. An aggregate host reading no go identify a particular Linux process, VM or file by itself. ## How to troubleshoot Check wetin dey run for di relevant virtualization tool. If di workload na WSL, use di vmmemWSL article and di WSL command reference; else use di actual VM product's diagnostics. Shutting down a VM go interrupt im applications and jobs. Save guest work and follow di application's shutdown procedure before any restart or configuration change. ## Technical details Source context and limitations Microsoft own explanation support di resource-accounting role. E no verify any vmmem.exe file or mean say every virtualization workload get di same settings. ## Check the identity of running file A familiar system label no fit certify a separate executable wey use the same name. Inspect that file independently if one dey. (pcm) ## Related Dis entities connect to dis article. Type dey show for every link. [wsl.exe: Windows Process](https://feex.it/wiki/l/pcm/process/wsl.exe/)[vmmemWSL: Windows Process](https://feex.it/wiki/l/pcm/process/vmmemwsl/)[vmwp.exe: Windows Process](https://feex.it/wiki/l/pcm/process/vmwp.exe/)[Wen high CPU dey normal: Guide](https://feex.it/wiki/l/pcm/software/system/when-high-cpu-is-normal/)[Read Task Manager and compare process activity: Guide](https://feex.it/wiki/l/pcm/software/system/how-to-read-task-manager/)[Windows processes: Category](https://feex.it/wiki/process/windows/) ## Sources and verification Imported reference. Source-specific checks dey beside di supported fields and citations. [How we dey do research](https://feex.it/wiki/research/). - [Microsoft: wetin di vmmem process represent ](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20180717-00/?p=99265)ยท Primary explanation of virtual-machine resource accounting. - [Microsoft: Windows system configuration tools ](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/experience/system-configuration-tools-in-windows)Task Manager and system-information context. ## Dis article make sense to you? Yes or no dey enough. Choose reason if you want, or add short note. Quick facts The short identity of dis page. Specs, sources, and the full story still dey inside the article. - **Subject**: vmmem **Type**: Windows reporting label **Platform**: Microsoft Windows Recorded source status: Imported reference: Editorial ownership: Feex. 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