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 Microsoft Word, Notepad, or copying an image file, or even just moving files from one folder to another), they don't show up until I hit F5 refresh.
I've spent months searching this and there doesn't seem to be an agreeable answer. I came across this:
I went into the registry to disable "Quick Access" in the navigation pane, as well as getting rid of OneDrive, and other cloud folders. No luck. The issue just comes back.
It goes away whenever I restart or sign out / sign in, but it just comes back after a while. This happens even when my PC is at complete idle.
In my Corsair app I can see my package temp runs about 10c warmer when this happens (around 60c instead of the usual 50c). If I force explorer.exe to restart, everything goes back to normal.
Does anyone have any suggestions? Thank you so much!
EDIT: including specs below:
I noticed the problem when everything felt warmer than usual, and Corsair's iCue app (meant to monitor the AIO, peripherals, etc.) shows my CPU package temp about 10 degrees warmer.
This coincides with another issue I have - and that is, whenever this happens, every time I create a file (i.e. from Microsoft Word, Notepad, or copying an image file, or even just moving files from one folder to another), they don't show up until I hit F5 refresh.
I've spent months searching this and there doesn't seem to be an agreeable answer. I came across this:
[SOLVED] - High cpu usage on windows explorer
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I went into the registry to disable "Quick Access" in the navigation pane, as well as getting rid of OneDrive, and other cloud folders. No luck. The issue just comes back.
It goes away whenever I restart or sign out / sign in, but it just comes back after a while. This happens even when my PC is at complete idle.
In my Corsair app I can see my package temp runs about 10c warmer when this happens (around 60c instead of the usual 50c). If I force explorer.exe to restart, everything goes back to normal.
Does anyone have any suggestions? Thank you so much!
EDIT: including specs below:
- AMD Ryzen 7, 5800X
- 64 GB RAM
- Corsair 750W PSU
- custom built 1 year ago (July 2021)
- OS Build 19044.2075
- 21H2, W10 Home
I noticed the problem when everything felt warmer than usual, and Corsair's iCue app (meant to monitor the AIO, peripherals, etc.) shows my CPU package temp about 10 degrees warmer.
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