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Update: it's been 24 hours since my last post here. I started using ImageGlass as my main, default photo viewer, and completely stopped using Microsoft's Photos App (photos.exe). So far so good. Looks like this is my biggest lead. Photos app seems to be the culprit. Update x2: I think it's...

Update: I don't know if this is normal - but when it was running hot / high power usage, in Process Explorer, under the explorer.exe properties, I see "shcore.dll" using quite a bit more CPU than the others. I'm not sure if that has anything to do with it, but figured I'd share it here if anyone...

Update: the high power usage thing happened again - and this time I used Process Explorer to check it. Within explorer.exe, none of the processes showed high cpu usage, most of them were <0.01. But explorer.exe itself was fluctuating between 7 - 9, up and down (when it normally should be 0.01 -...

Thanks, Ralston18. I did do SFC Scan Now a few days ago and it did detect something corrupt and it fixed it. But that was unrelated and it did not fix the explorer.exe high power usage issue. "Now I'm fixing a similar issue again, this time with explorer.exe and files and folders not refreshing...

Thank you, Ralston18! I just downloaded Process Explorer. That's a nice breakdown of the processes. I'll have a look at that next time I see it heat up. I updated the original post with my specs. I also want to mention I've had a similar issue in the past...

I've been scratching my head with this one - my PC runs noticeably warmer; I open up Task Manager and see my explorer.exe using 10%+ and shows "Very high power usage" (red alert). This coincides with another issue I have - and that is, whenever this happens, every time I create a file (i.e. from...

Thank you, Colif!! I'll try out Foobar2000. Excellent! I'm leaning towards closing this issue - if I run into further issues I'll report back. But this is tremendous. Never would've guessed WMP. Thank you so much for your time and help! Greatly appreciated! 🙌🙌

I use WMP to play musics - I usually leave it running. I'm suspecting that might be the reason whenever I log off or restart, the temps are back to normal because WMP closes at that time. If WMP is that horrible, then I definitely should use an alternative software for music. Never would've...

UPDATE: NEW FINDINGS! I checked task manager and noticed Windows Media Player was high power usage. I closed it, and my temperature readings IMMEDIATELY dropped from 74c allllll the way back down to 47c - 50c! (my regular idle temps) I suspect WMP might be the culprit. Hmm, let me share my...

Exactly - hence why I've been scratching my head. If I'm just logging off, or even a quick restart, it shouldn't be that different. Right now I have a custom curve that should make the fans spin up to 50% when the coolant temp hits 40c. As of typing this message, my coolant temp is sitting at...

Thanks for the confirmation on the temps, Colif!! Glad my idles are about right. I tried Balanced but now I'm using a custom fan curve, so it spins up a little sooner (noise has been acceptable). I'm actually running a Quadro P4000; and the reading off of that is about ~50 idle to 60c under...

Hello everyone! I noticed something recently on my system that's got me scratching my head. Here are my specs: Ryzen 5800x, Corsair H150i Elite Capellix AIO (360mm, exhaust), BeQuiet! Dark Base 700 case. My system usually idles at 46c with occasional spikes to 56c - 58c (which I've read is...