# Investigating Memory Leaks in ReactOS explorer\_new

DevFeed: [Investigating Memory Leaks in ReactOS explorer\_new](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/plugging-leaks-32992.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://reactos.org/blogs/plugging-leaks/>)

Published: 2014-10-27T00:00:00Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [Front Page on ReactOS Website](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/front-page-on-reactos-website.md>)

Topics: [ReactOS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/reactos.md>), [Memory Leaks](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/memory-leaks.md>), [Shell](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/shell.md>), [IRC](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/irc.md>)

Tags: [free](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/free.md>), [irc](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/irc.md>), [memory-leaks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/memory-leaks.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [os](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/os.md>), [react](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/react.md>), [reactos](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/reactos.md>), [shell](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/shell.md>), [win32](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/win32.md>), [winapi](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/winapi.md>)

## AI overview

A ReactOS project report says contributors investigated numerous memory leaks in explorer_new while work continued to prepare the shell branch for a major merge.

## Source excerpt

David is currently a tad busy getting the shell branch ready for the big merge, so I am taking over his usual report this time. Last week was a flurry of activity as David, Giannis, and a community member who wishes to be identified as "V" (those of you in IRC will know who he is, but he requested that we refrain from posting his nick and I expect the rest of the community to honor his request) investigated the large number of memory leaks that explorer_new suffered from.