Windows Vista Windows Explorer CPU Usage

[Alex Balfour]

I've noticed that, after a couple of days without rebooting, Windows
Explorer CPU usage can shoot up to around 25%. Logging off and on again
fixes the problem but it would be nice to pinpoint why this is happening.

Has anyone else noticed this? I'm using Vista Home Premium (32-bit) and
installing SP1 hasn't helped. I also never use Windows Explorer
explicitly for file and folder management, much preferring the shareware
product xplorer2.

Alex Balfour

 

[Rick Rogers]

Re: Windows Explorer CPU Usage

Hi Alex,

It's not normal behavior and indicates a conflict with another program. Try
using Process Explorer to isolate what is not releasing properly:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/security/processexplorer.mspx

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Alex Balfour" <AlexBalfour@stokepoges.plus.com> wrote in message
news:OjVcGM2lIHA.696@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> I've noticed that, after a couple of days without rebooting, Windows
> Explorer CPU usage can shoot up to around 25%. Logging off and on again
> fixes the problem but it would be nice to pinpoint why this is happening.
>
> Has anyone else noticed this? I'm using Vista Home Premium (32-bit) and
> installing SP1 hasn't helped. I also never use Windows Explorer explicitly
> for file and folder management, much preferring the shareware product
> xplorer2.
>
> Alex Balfour