Explorer Using 100% CPU ......

[Smooth G]

I have also noticed that when I try to delete or move a file in
explorer it puts the cpu at 100% and unless I stop and restart the
explorer in Task Manager it will stay at 100%
Is there a fix for this???

 

[SteveL]

Yes, check for viruses, and spyware.

 

[David H. Lipman]

Please go to one or more of the below online scanners and perform a scan of your platform
then report back your results.

Trend:
http://housecall.antivirus.com
http://housecall.trendmicro.com

F-Secure:
http://support.f-secure.com/enu/home/ols.shtml

McAfee:
http://www.mcafee.com/myapps/mfs/default.asp

Panda:
http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/

Symantec:
http://security.symantec.com/

BitDefender
http://www.bitdefender.com/scan/license.php

Dave





| I have also noticed that when I try to delete or move a file in
| explorer it puts the cpu at 100% and unless I stop and restart the
| explorer in Task Manager it will stay at 100%
| Is there a fix for this???

 

[Smooth G]

Yes, check for viruses, and spyware.

I have done both and it appears to be clean and clear!
Please help!

 

[Smooth G]

Please go to one or more of the below online scanners and perform a scan of your platform
then report back your results.

Trend:
http://housecall.antivirus.com
http://housecall.trendmicro.com

F-Secure:
http://support.f-secure.com/enu/home/ols.shtml

McAfee:
http://www.mcafee.com/myapps/mfs/default.asp

Panda:
http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/

Symantec:
http://security.symantec.com/

BitDefender
http://www.bitdefender.com/scan/license.php

Dave

Thanks Dave. I used Trend and Symantec and the results were pc is
clean. I also have NAV 2003 running on my system. Also the norton
personal
firewall and I used Spybot, spysweeper and adaware before with the
same result. It appears pc is fine but it is this one avi file that
when I try to do anything with it in explorer even just run the cursor
over it the cpu shoots up to 100%. I cant do much of anything with it!

 

[Alex Nichol]

It appears pc is fine but it is this one avi file that
when I try to do anything with it in explorer even just run the cursor
over it the cpu shoots up to 100%.

Ah. AVI can be a problem, because if you access one with Explorer it
goes in looking for additional info (like frame rate, resolution etc)
and can get in a loop. This seems to happen especially if the DivX
codec that came out after XP was used.

It may be best for people with a lot of these files to do without the
extra property info - Start - run - regedit.exe, open to

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.avi\shellex\PropertyHandler

highlight that and delete it

 

[M]

Until you find how to fix this you could try A43 File Management Utility
free from http://www.snapfiles.com/get/a43file.html This works like
Explorer but doesn't use the resources.

 

[Smooth G]

Ah. AVI can be a problem, because if you access one with Explorer it
goes in looking for additional info (like frame rate, resolution etc)
and can get in a loop. This seems to happen especially if the DivX
codec that came out after XP was used.

It may be best for people with a lot of these files to do without the
extra property info - Start - run - regedit.exe, open to

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.avi\shellex\PropertyHandler

highlight that and delete it

Thanks so very much Alex it worked like a charm!!!!
I can now even delete the avi file. I really dont understand why it
happened but it would never let me look at it or delete it!
Thank you so much!!!