Explorer.exe uses 100% of CPU

[rina]

Hi,

Today Explorer.exe started to consume a lot of resources, up to 100% and
leaves the computer unresonsible.
Problem starts, when I choose a 600Mb avi file on drive D which is on a 205
Mbyte partition, then memory consumption starts to increase from 20 Mb up to
100Mb. CPU usage increases instantly to 99 (100%). I don't do anything else
with this file. When I close the Explorer CPU remains on 100% and nom memory
isn't released.
There is other known problems, when Explorer isn't open.
Restart doesn't change the situation.

Anu ideas, what may be wrong???

 

[Seahawk60B]

How did you manage to get a 600Mb avi file on a 205 Mb partition?
What do you mean when you say you "choose" it?
Are you simply single-clicking and highlighting it, or are you
double-clicking it and trying to launch it? If you open your video
player first, then open the file what happens?

 

[Guest]

Explorer.exe is the windows interface. If your computer is on, it's running.
It's not Internet Explorer. AVI-Movie files require huge amounts of operating
space and cpu capacity. File might be corrupt. You cannot have a 600mb file

 

[rina]

Hi,

Well, it must be 203 Gb instead of Mb. I'm sorry for the mistake.
I select the file name with mouse and make it active.
That's it, and no doubleclick. When I try to delelete or rename this file, I
get the warning that it's open and used by other application.
That's aslo after restart. I have NAV 2005 installed and there isn't any
obscure applications installed. I have experienced this Open and can't
delete problem also with rar files with normal length and without foreign
characters in their name. But earlier explorer didn't hang up the whole PC.
When I open this avi with video player it plays normally.
It looks like Windows XP Pro SP2 can't handle propelry partition over 200
Gb.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

How did you manage to get a 600Mb avi file on a 205 Mb partition?
What do you mean when you say you "choose" it?
Are you simply single-clicking and highlighting it, or are you
double-clicking it and trying to launch it? If you open your video
player first, then open the file what happens?

Please quote enough of the message you're responding to to put your reply
into context (as I did above). Many newsgroup participants (me, for example)
don't save already-read messages and a message without a quote is likely to
be completely unintelligible to people.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Well, it must be 203 Gb instead of Mb. I'm sorry for the mistake.
I select the file name with mouse and make it active.
That's it, and no doubleclick. When I try to delelete or rename this
file, I get the warning that it's open and used by other application.
That's aslo after restart. I have NAV 2005 installed and there isn't
any obscure applications installed. I have experienced this Open and
can't delete problem also with rar files with normal length and
without foreign characters in their name. But earlier explorer
didn't hang up the whole PC. When I open this avi with video player
it plays normally. It looks like Windows XP Pro SP2 can't handle propelry
partition over
200 Gb.?

No, not so. I don't know what causes your problem, but Windows has no
problem with partitions larger than 200GB.

 

[Rock]

Hi,

Today Explorer.exe started to consume a lot of resources, up to 100% and
leaves the computer unresonsible.
Problem starts, when I choose a 600Mb avi file on drive D which is on a 205
Mbyte partition, then memory consumption starts to increase from 20 Mb up to
100Mb. CPU usage increases instantly to 99 (100%). I don't do anything else
with this file. When I close the Explorer CPU remains on 100% and nom memory
isn't released.
There is other known problems, when Explorer isn't open.
Restart doesn't change the situation.

Anu ideas, what may be wrong???

This has to do with Explorer searching the avi file to preview it.
Run the edit on Kelly's site:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
Line 74: AVI Search Remove

See the top of the page for info on running the edit.

 

[Dan]

This has to do with Explorer searching the avi file to preview it.
Run the edit on Kelly's site:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
Line 74: AVI Search Remove

See the top of the page for info on running the edit.

Can anyone reply to the thread that I was responding to about the 100%
CPU problem in Windows XP? I have not been able to find it.

 

[Rock]

Can anyone reply to the thread that I was responding to about the 100% CPU
problem in Windows XP? I have not been able to find it.

I think you found it, but for future reference if you can't find a post
search for your name using using Google Groups Advanced Search. The
newsgroup is microsoft.public.windowsxp.general

http://groups.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en

 

[Dan]

I think you found it, but for future reference if you can't find a post
search for your name using using Google Groups Advanced Search. The
newsgroup is microsoft.public.windowsxp.general

http://groups.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en

Thanks Rock. After using the advanced search, I found out that there
are many threads on this topic of 100% CPU usage with XP.