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dsbig123
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high cpu usage

October 8, 2013 9:22:14 AM from Stardock ForumsStardock Forums

explorer.exe sometimes jumps to 12% usage randomly

 

checked using process explorer and it show decor8_64.dll is causing it.

 

logging out and logging fixes it. but randomly returns.

 

 

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problem is on windows 8.1

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Reply #1 October 8, 2013 10:12:57 AM
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Do you have Decor8 set to use the OS wallpaper and is your wallpaper changing any any chance?

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Reply #2 October 15, 2013 11:30:07 PM
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I have same issue with Win 8.1.  If I kill explorer and re-launch the problem goes away for a time.  The background image I have selected it only for Decor8 and not set to change.

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Reply #3 October 22, 2013 9:16:35 AM
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i  get the same problem on  win 8.1   explorer  at 12%  all the time,   i do have  decor8 install  

did not know  decor8 was the course  will  remove it and see it  fixes it...  

 

 

cheers   

 

 

 

 

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Reply #4 October 22, 2013 12:03:00 PM
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i removed  decor8  from windows 8.1  and explorer is back to normal   

so a problem with   decor 8 v1.06  

 

 

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Reply #5 October 30, 2013 4:20:49 PM
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Same problem with dsbig123.

explorer.exe and dllhost.exe cpu usage is high (10 ~ 15% I5 3230)

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Reply #6 October 31, 2013 3:38:07 AM
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Likewise a problem with the Task Manager using around 20% CPU continuously. Process Monitor shows that these actions keep repeating: http://i.imgur.com/ACpEVI8.png

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Reply #7 October 31, 2013 10:57:21 AM
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Yeah, I had the same problem after upgrading from Windows 8 to Windows 8.1.  This worked just fine under Windows 8, then after the upgrade I would see one of four cores on my CPU at 100% resulting in a constant 25-30% CPU utillization.  I used Process Hacker (http://processhacker.sourceforge.net/) to determine that the Decor8 service was running as a sub-process of Explorer.

 

I uninstalled Decor8, and my high CPU problem went away.  I guess it's a good thing that with Start8 I hardly ever use the clown puke menu.

 

 

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Reply #8 October 31, 2013 11:04:22 AM
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The decor8 service never runs as a child of explorer, it is a service and thus cannot.

However we have been investigating and one reason why a cpu core would be pegged has been found and are working on an update.

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Reply #9 November 1, 2013 4:43:52 PM
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 I'm not trying to disagree, but when I loaded up Process hacker and dug down into the threads tab of the explorer.exe process, I saw the Decor8 service running as one of the active threads of that process, and the CPU consumption matched exactly the symptom I saw with the CPU utilization.  Maybe I'm using the wrong terminology, but the data was pretty evident.  If it helps, I'd be willing to reinstall Decor8 again and send you a screenshot of what I found, if you think that it would help you track down the issue.

 

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Reply #10 November 5, 2013 10:06:26 AM
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I'm glad to report that the 1.07 release has fixed the CPU issue.  Thanks for getting a fix out!

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