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Explorer.exe uses CPU at 100% in XP

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Name: Richard
Date: March 10, 2002 at 13:37:33 Pacific
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I have a serious problem with XP. My computer runs really slow because of Explorer.exe's CPU usage! This problem appears after 3-10 minutes from reboot.
My mouse sometimes freezes for about 1/2 second. Please Help !
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Im using the following configuration:
Athlon 1,1ghz
Motherboard: Asus A7V KT133-C
Graphic card: Asus V7700 (Geforce 2 gts)
IBM deskstar




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Name: Jiang
Date: March 10, 2002 at 17:33:45 Pacific
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the bester way to fix that problem is use others such as netscape and netcaptor.



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Name: Richard
Date: March 10, 2002 at 18:30:05 Pacific
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I know what the problem is ... The "preview" of the .AVI files makes explorer.exe go crazy ! ... I found a way to remove this by a key in the register !

Now it works perfectly !



Response Number 3
Name: silk
Date: March 10, 2002 at 23:03:05 Pacific
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Do you remember which key it was? I'm having a similar problem.



Response Number 4
Name: Richard
Date: March 11, 2002 at 07:46:57 Pacific
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Start -> Run -> type in: Regedit

Find the

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.avi\shellex\PropertyHandler\

directory and delete the "DEFAULT" key ! ... Voila ! ... Explorer.exe runs at 0-1% on idling !



Response Number 5
Name: Aaron
Date: April 1, 2002 at 11:58:08 Pacific
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This fix (regedit) totally fixed this problem for me. My system was hanging EVERY time I used explorer, tried to delete something, empty recycle bin, play a video, use winamp and a plethora of other things - Thanks a TON Richard - my computer is running at max now!



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Response Number 6
Name: John
Date: July 19, 2002 at 13:45:47 Pacific
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Thanks so much Richard!! :) been looking for a solution to that problem for a long time.. It only happened when I tried to modify or access a corrupted .avi

They should add this to the Microsoft Support Problem list...

-John



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