Explorer Maxes CPU and Pains My Soul

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emarvets

Does anyone know why the Explorer process maxes the CPU when you open
a folder containing a lot of video files? I can only guess that it is
creating some sort of thumbnail list, maybe the ehthumbs_vista file?

I have a ton of video files for presentations and I am constantly
moving them from folder to folder so I have only the files I need in
front of me before I present. With Explorer maxing my CPU, what used
to be a 5 minute process now takes over 10 and is really frustraing.

If anyone know what it causing this and how I can get rid of it, I'd
really appreciate the help.
 
obviously your machine is too slow or has not enough Ram installed.

Try disabling "run explorer in a seperate process" via Controlpanel-
folderoptions.

For heavy video stuff you need 2-4 GB of RAM.Just to be realistic.

Try disabling previews,thumbs, use classic folder view and set vista to
optimize for speed, by rightclicking
computer-properties-advanced-performance-..

disable the Aero Design and switch off the Desktop Window Manager via
services.msc

SJ /germany
 
It would help if you identified which version of Vista you're running
(well... only to map it to my and other's experiences with whichever flavor
of Vista they're running) and the hardware on which it is running.

Lang
 
I’m seeing it too. But its only in some cases it appears.

If I start the fileexplorer on the quickstart, that opens in "My
Documents" folder, it does not use any CPU resources.

BUT if I hit [Winkey] + [E] the explorer opens up, with the focus on
"Computer". And then it hogs the CPU untill I shut down the
explorer, OR untill I dive down into the file system somewhere. Then
it no longer uses any noticeable CPU cycles. If I browse back to the
"computer" it does not resume hogging my precious cpu cycles.

It doesnt matter if I’m running classic file explorer settings, or If
im using "run explorer in a separate process" or not. Turning off
the Desktop management service also has no influence on the issue.

Ladies and gentlemen. This smells like a bug doesnt it? :)

I’m running Vista Ultimate on a HP NC8430 laptop with a 2.0 Ghz
Core2duo and 2 GB RAM. System has a Vista rating of 4.2.

And it’s pretty much a vanilla install of Vista.
 
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