Solved Windows Explorer High Power Usage

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• Mar 21, 2022

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Brand new to this OS. Used the upgrade to 11 feature that's been nagging me for weeks. First glaring observation is the Windows Explorer task power usage is 'very high'. A restart of the task calms it down but not for long.

-thx

 

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• Mar 21, 2022

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The Power Usage will be high when the CPU utilization is high for the File Explorer.

 

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• Mar 21, 2022

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FreeBooter said:

The Power Usage will be high when the CPU utilization is high for the File Explorer.

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sounds logical - however, there is no activity in this case. the pc is idle, so this is a mystery to me.

 

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• Mar 21, 2022

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I am having the same problem. It began today. I've restarted many times. I've also shut down and started. When I open 'explorer' the task bar at first shows 'power usage’ low. 'power usage' Very High. From then on, everything to do with the task bar, e.g., open another explorer window or opening programs, takes too long. I’ve been using WIN 11 for months without this being a problem.

 

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• Mar 21, 2022

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I returned to W10. I am going to guess 11 did not play nice with a lot of my customizations. All's back to normal. thx for viewing.

 

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  Predator Orion 9000

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  Intel® Processor Core™ i7 4.70 GHz

  Motherboard

  American Megatrends Inc.

  Memory

  32 GB DDR4 SDRAM

  Graphics Card(s)

  NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX™ 2080 Ti 11 GB GDDR6

  Sound Card

  Sound Blaster X Pro

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  Predator X32X3

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  3840 x 2160

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  SSD 256 GB / HDD 2 TB

  PSU

  1000W Modular

  Case

  Metal

  Cooling

  Liquid / Fans - Cooler Master® CPU Liquid Cooler* / IceTunnel® Airflow Management

  Keyboard

  Logitech G510s

  Mouse

  MA M1Pro Trackball M570

  Internet Speed

  500/500

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  Edge / Moon / Fox

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  Windows Security / Malwarebytes

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  Optical Drive - DVD Writer
  
  Bose Companion 5 2.1 Multimedia Speaker System

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  BMAX B4 Turbo

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  Intel N150

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• Mar 21, 2022

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I restored my system to a 3/19/22 restore point. Now explorer, the start button and programs open quickly, even tho WE 'power usage' is still listed as 'Very High.' What's going to happen with the updates and drivers coming next? I'll see.

 

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  PC/Desktop

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  Dell XPS 8940

  CPU

  11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 11700 processor(8 Core, 1

  Motherboard

  Dell Studio XPS 8900 Desktop Motherboard LGA1151 XJ8C4 0XJ8C4.

  Memory

  16GB, 8Gx2, DDR4, 2933MHz 370 AGHW

  Graphics Card(s)

  NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) GTX 1660 Ti 6GB GDDR6 490 BFUK

  Monitor(s) Displays

  2

  Screen Resolution

  1920x

  Hard Drives

  256GB M.2 PCIe NVMe Solid State Drive (WIN 11 home)
  + 1TB 7200 rpm 3.5" SATA
  + 2.5 inch 512MB Crucial SSDs (WIN 10 home)

  PSU

  500 W

  Case

  Mini Tower

  Cooling

  fan

  Keyboard

  basic Dell

  Mouse

  basic Dell

  Internet Speed

  300 MBps

  Browser

  firefox, chrome, edge

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  MS Defender and malwarebytes

eelpout

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• Jun 23, 2022

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I'm having the same issue. on 22H2, Windows Explorer hovers around 10-11% most of the time, but often just goes to 20-25% "just because" :/. I do wonder whether it's either OneDrive or StarDock's Start11 that's the root cause.

 

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