<gcConcurrent> Element 

Specifies whether the common language runtime runs garbage collection on a separate thread.

<gcConcurrent  
   enabled="true|false"/>

Attributes and Elements

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.

Attributes

Attribute	Description
enabled	Required attribute. Specifies whether the runtime runs garbage collection concurrently.

Enabled Attribute

Value	Description
false	Does not run garbage collection concurrently.
true	Runs garbage collection concurrently. This is the default.

Child Elements

None.

Parent Elements

Element	Description
configuration	The root element in every configuration file used by the common language runtime and .NET Framework applications.
runtime	Contains information about assembly binding and garbage collection.

Remarks

The setting in the machine configuration file is the default for all .NET Framework applications. The application configuration file setting overrides the machine configuration file setting.

If your application is single-threaded and involves heavy user interaction, leave concurrent garbage collection enabled to minimize the application's pause time to perform garbage collection. If your application is an ASP.NET server application you do not need to alter the default value of the gcConcurrent element.

Example

The following example shows how to disable garbage collection.

<configuration>
   <runtime>
      <gcConcurrent enabled="false"/>
   </runtime>
</configuration>

See Also

Tasks

How to: Disable Concurrent Garbage Collection

Reference

Runtime Settings Schema

Other Resources

Configuration File Schema for the .NET Framework