File explorer have become a slow down cause for PCs?

[Sargon]

Somehow it looks like File Explorer was taking 35% of my CPU power for just being open.

As if it was stuck on some empty loops.

But it did close.

I also had Drop Box take 10%, not sure if related.

 

Could it be File Explorer has become the new Chrome?

 

I don't get it.

 

I have A Ryzen 7 2700X with 64B Ram.

[Applefreak]

8 minutes ago, Sargon said:

Somehow it looks like File Explorer was taking 35% of my CPU power for just being open.

As if it was stuck on some empty loops.

But it did close.

I also had Drop Box take 10%, not sure if related.

 

Could it be File Explorer has become the new Chrome?

 

I don't get it.

 

I have A Ryzen 7 2700X with 64B Ram.

Like all the time or just from time to time? Dropbox scanning and auto-updating on boot does take some process power but only for a minute. If Windows Explorer eats a lot of cpu power away, check what programs you have installed. Also install a reputable anti-malware scanner like Malwarebytes and do a complete scan. Do you have background tasks running?

[TehDwonz]

17 minutes ago, Sargon said:

Somehow it looks like File Explorer was taking 35% of my CPU power for just being open.

As if it was stuck on some empty loops.

But it did close.

I also had Drop Box take 10%, not sure if related.

 

Could it be File Explorer has become the new Chrome?

 

I don't get it.

 

I have A Ryzen 7 2700X with 64B Ram.

Could be many things, but sometimes having this File Explorer option enabled can help:

[Sargon]

It was like that the entire time File Explorer was open. For a few hours.

[MasterBurns]

hi,

you could try turning off the indexing of the data on your hard disk

This would mean that when you search for something in explorer it will take longer but your computer could be faster

 

Here is what you have to do:

go into explorer and right click on your hard drive, then go to properties and then you will find under general at the bottom "Allow files on this drive to have contents indexed in addition to file properties" there you take out the check mark

you have to do this for all harddisks individually

hope it helps you