diff --git a/Ghidra/RuntimeScripts/Windows/ghidraRun.bat b/Ghidra/RuntimeScripts/Windows/ghidraRun.bat
index 960c9e165f..d9ebaad7f2 100644
--- a/Ghidra/RuntimeScripts/Windows/ghidraRun.bat
+++ b/Ghidra/RuntimeScripts/Windows/ghidraRun.bat
@@ -3,13 +3,9 @@
 @echo off
 setlocal
 
-:: Maximum heap memory size
-:: Default for Windows 32-bit is 768M and 64-bit is 1024M
-:: Raising the value too high may cause a silent failure where
-:: Ghidra fails to launch.
-:: Uncomment MAXMEM setting if non-default value is needed
-
-::set MAXMEM=768M
+:: Maximum heap memory may be changed if default is inadequate. This will generally be up to 1/4 of 
+:: the physical memory available to the OS. Uncomment MAXMEM setting if non-default value is needed.
+::set MAXMEM=2G
 
 call "%~dp0support\launch.bat" bg Ghidra "%MAXMEM%" "" ghidra.GhidraRun %*
 
diff --git a/Ghidra/RuntimeScripts/Windows/support/ghidraDebug.bat b/Ghidra/RuntimeScripts/Windows/support/ghidraDebug.bat
index 8f296c739c..0cb441162d 100644
--- a/Ghidra/RuntimeScripts/Windows/support/ghidraDebug.bat
+++ b/Ghidra/RuntimeScripts/Windows/support/ghidraDebug.bat
@@ -3,13 +3,9 @@
 @echo off
 setlocal
 
-:: Maximum heap memory size
-:: Default for Windows 32-bit is 768M and 64-bit is 1024M
-:: Raising the value too high may cause a silent failure where
-:: Ghidra fails to launch.
-:: Uncomment MAXMEM setting if non-default value is needed
-
-::set MAXMEM=768M
+:: Maximum heap memory may be changed if default is inadequate. This will generally be up to 1/4 of 
+:: the physical memory available to the OS. Uncomment MAXMEM setting if non-default value is needed.
+::set MAXMEM=2G
 
 :: Debug launch mode can be changed to one of the following:
 ::    debug, debug-suspend