[hbinded]

Hi guys. I have this small problem with my PC. When I open a folder, the CPU usage goes up to 100%. There are no .avi's in any of my folders, but when I look in task manger, I see that explorer.exe is using upto 99% of my system's resources.

What could be the problem? I have upgraded the drivers for my motherboard, and tried re-installing windows, but this has not helped at all. Please help me out!!

Thanks in advance.

[Aegis]

Explorer's just like that . Use another shell.

[ripken204]

does it stay at 99% or does it go back down?

[jcarle]

Every folder or just one specific folder?

[hbinded]

Aegis, on Jan 19 2006, 04:32 AM, said:

Explorer's just like that . Use another shell.

Which one would u recommend? Just finished reading the post on ur sig, but I'm not sure which shell is better than the other.

ripken204, on Jan 19 2006, 04:43 AM, said:

does it stay at 99% or does it go back down?

It goes back down aftes a few seconds, but its preety annoying!

jcarle, on Jan 19 2006, 04:43 AM, said:

Every folder or just one specific folder?

This happens to every folder.

[jcarle]

I'd most likely suspect a virus/spyware/toolbar.

[hbinded]

I don't think so. I just Formatted my HDD and re-installed wind0ws. (about 1hr ago). But still I have the problem. That's why I thought I'd seek professional help (MSFN)!!!

[LLXX]

If it goes back down, there's nothing wrong. CPU usage is supposed to rise when you're doing something.

[ripken204]

ya, its normal

[Vitalix]

Do you have thumbnail previews on? If you have MPEGs or picture or anything in there, it will try to render them when you first open. Once rendered, the CPU will go down, if you have thumbnails enabled.

[suryad]

I think it would depend on the kind of CPU you have. I have a 3.4 ghz HT Intel (yuck) and mine only gooes up to 7%.

[Aegis]

Same here. Barely any increase in CPU usage. Do you have a very old processor? Even my XP 2600+ can handle Explorer pretty easily.