The memory leak problem is not a static problem. When you check your GDI handles after starting VUE, check it again after opening and after playing around in Vue for 10 minutes or so. If you see this number increasing significantly, then VUE has a memory leak caused by not releasing discarded GDI objects (e.g. popup menus, graphic object caches, etc). Memory leaks are tough problems to solve and often crop up when adding new functionality or in new releases of software. The only workaround is to save often and then quit and restart VUE after a certain time interval. I do this around each hour of working with VUE.