Explorer.exe using 99% of CPU

milltown · 19-06-2003 02:07PM #1

From time to time lately my PC will slow to a crawl due to explorer.exe using 99% of my CPU as reported in task manager (xp by the way). The only way I can restore normal service is to end the process and then start it again but when I start browsing drives and folders it isn't long before it happens again.
The only changes I can think of are a theme from themexp and reinstalling GTA3 (game). Neither of these SEEM likely to be causing it. Anybody any ideas?
Thanks

Praetorian · 19-06-2003 02:11PM

I have the same problem. I also use themexp...hmmm.

milltown · 19-06-2003 04:29PM

The thick plottens.

Anybody else had problems with 3rd party themes in XP?

Edit:
Just did a system restor to before the GTA install and it made no difference.

maxheadroom · 19-06-2003 05:15PM

try uninstalling themexp?

LastIrishMonkey · 20-06-2003 03:16AM

im having the problem also

LastIrishMonkey · 20-06-2003 03:26AM

wait i unistalled everything to do with themexp deleted and all but still no impovement could be a site i dunno wierd thing

ShevY · 20-06-2003 01:02PM

I had a similar problem.

This Fixed it.

Could be .avi files causing ur problems

milltown · 20-06-2003 02:23PM

Yup,
I'd say that could be it alright. The drive that triggers this problem is the one with my movies on it.
Well Played that man!

Señor Juárez · 20-06-2003 02:31PM

cant say ive had that problem, even in a 50gb movies folder. is it only with incomplete downloaded avi's?

or is it only if u use the ghey thumbnails view?

Stark · 20-06-2003 02:35PM

It's a windows xp bug. Microsoft posted a workaround that you have to left-click on a file before you right-click on it or else disable transition effects.

articles are here:

http://www.iexbeta.com/comments.php?id=1073&catid=6&highlight=explorer

and here:

http://www.iexbeta.com/comments.php?id=1012&catid=6&highlight=explorer

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