Seems like any Windows program I make uses around 350k of memory when I check the Task Manager...how do I lower this?

I mean even a simple program with just a message loop and nothing else uses 344k of memory...

Anyone know how to use the least amount of memory possible?

Simple answer, don't run Windows. If you are really running out of memory and need an extra few KB then just buy another stick of RAM.

I'm not running out of memory, but when I view the task manager I see some other programs using less than 344k of memory, like 92k of memory....just wondering how to make a Windows Program that doesn't waste memory

The memory is not necessarily wasted. Windows needs to keep a number of tables so that it can properly close things if the app exits without cleanup. Also, the DLL memory is shared with the other tasks and only uses up the memory once but it will appear in the memory maps of multiple processes.

The figure given in task manager is the running set size, not the actual memory allocation. That figure changes depending upon how active the task is. Unused pages of memory are marked as swappable and removed from the process memory map.

Get sysinternals' Process Explorer, it has better (and better named) stats than taskmgr. Also, start->run perfmon.msc (unless you're on win9x).