electrophile888
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This problem has been taxing my brain for many a day now!
Hello all, I'm a new poster to these boards, but please bear with me. My life has taken a turn recently, and I'm trying to get good with computers as a possible way of making a living in the future. As such, I have sworn to myself that I will solve this problem out without using a professional, which is why I am here. I'm OK with computers but no expert. I am willing to learn!
A few weeks ago, I noticed that my laptop seemed a bit more sluggish, although I didn't really pay it a whole lot of attention at the time. I've had some more time on my hands recently, and I've been using the computer a lot. I've noticed that one particular process (explorer.exe) seems to be consuming an awful lot of memory. The process boots up at about 20MB, which seems reasonable enough, but the process quickly mushrooms to between 250-420MB, which does seem an awful lot.
I have googled the hell out of this problem, to no avail. I've tried a number of different things all to no avail. Here are the things that I have done:
-Kill the process and restart it. It stops using memory for a while but very quickly mushrooms to previous levels.
-Uninstall anything that I have installed in the past year.
-Clean the registry with Registry Mechanic. Lots of issues found, but still doesn't solve the problem!
-Tried some software for examining shell extensions, which apparently affect the explorer.exe process. The software was difficult to use, and I couldn't see any new shell extensions that had been installed.
-Try the method here:
https://www.techspot.com/vb/topic158695.html
It's a really detailed and helpful reply, but I can't get it to work.The Combifix software doesn't run properly, and besides, I'm not sure that I can get McCafee to disable fully.
My laptop is still usable at this memory level, but that is not the point. This doesn't appear normal to me and I damn well want to fix it!
Can anybody help?
Gareth
Hello all, I'm a new poster to these boards, but please bear with me. My life has taken a turn recently, and I'm trying to get good with computers as a possible way of making a living in the future. As such, I have sworn to myself that I will solve this problem out without using a professional, which is why I am here. I'm OK with computers but no expert. I am willing to learn!
A few weeks ago, I noticed that my laptop seemed a bit more sluggish, although I didn't really pay it a whole lot of attention at the time. I've had some more time on my hands recently, and I've been using the computer a lot. I've noticed that one particular process (explorer.exe) seems to be consuming an awful lot of memory. The process boots up at about 20MB, which seems reasonable enough, but the process quickly mushrooms to between 250-420MB, which does seem an awful lot.
I have googled the hell out of this problem, to no avail. I've tried a number of different things all to no avail. Here are the things that I have done:
-Kill the process and restart it. It stops using memory for a while but very quickly mushrooms to previous levels.
-Uninstall anything that I have installed in the past year.
-Clean the registry with Registry Mechanic. Lots of issues found, but still doesn't solve the problem!
-Tried some software for examining shell extensions, which apparently affect the explorer.exe process. The software was difficult to use, and I couldn't see any new shell extensions that had been installed.
-Try the method here:
https://www.techspot.com/vb/topic158695.html
It's a really detailed and helpful reply, but I can't get it to work.The Combifix software doesn't run properly, and besides, I'm not sure that I can get McCafee to disable fully.
My laptop is still usable at this memory level, but that is not the point. This doesn't appear normal to me and I damn well want to fix it!
Can anybody help?
Gareth