Last week I finally upgraded my desktop to windows 8.1. Since that time I have noticed that Explorer.exe will often just ramp up to 25-30% cpu utilization and just stay there. It never goes back down.

As you may be able to tell from my number of posts, I am a newbie to posting on this board, but I have read several therads. I would like to start by sucking up to you FORUM GODS. I just hope you ...

Windows Explorer is a file management utility in Windows operating systems. It keeps running in the background as a part of Windows Process. You can see it in the Task Manager. Usually, it takes up a ...

It took over a month but Microsoft has now confirmed what some Windows 11 users have already known since May's Patch Tuesday update—there's a File Explorer bug that is causing unusually high CPU ...

Microsoft has identified a significant bug in File Explorer that impacts Windows 11 versions 21H2 and 22H2. Specifically, users encounter difficulties accessing the "Effective Access" menu within the ...