GarakObama Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 As soon as anything is typed into search the process uses 100% CPU. It slows down the whole system and even typing in search slows to the point where I'm waiting for keys I've pressed to show up. It stops using up CPU about a minute or so after the search thing is closed. It happens everytime I try to use search. HP Ultrabook Intel i5 3317U 8GB RAM 500GB HDD + 32GB msata SSD Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1182675-windows-81-search-causes-explorerexe-to-spike-to-100-cpu/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmc777 Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 I experienced this as well. Seems to be ok now though. :/ Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1182675-windows-81-search-causes-explorerexe-to-spike-to-100-cpu/#findComment-596030109 Share on other sites More sharing options...
freak180 Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 Im sure you have to tweak a few things or clean your system. (temp update files) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1182675-windows-81-search-causes-explorerexe-to-spike-to-100-cpu/#findComment-596030115 Share on other sites More sharing options...
acido00 Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 Run CCleaner and remove all temp, fix register, etc. After I that it worked for me, very good Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1182675-windows-81-search-causes-explorerexe-to-spike-to-100-cpu/#findComment-596030129 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger H. Veteran Posted October 17, 2013 Veteran Share Posted October 17, 2013 Don't think any of that stuff makes a diff, as I mentioned in another thread. Newer versions of Windows will rebuild some stuff after major updates which is why people were complaining that Vista was so slow. They backed off the throttle in Windows 7 but the process is still there. So yeah, just ignore it for the first few days. vcfan 1 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1182675-windows-81-search-causes-explorerexe-to-spike-to-100-cpu/#findComment-596030207 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmc777 Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 For me, Event Viewer shows some "corrupted data files in the index" errors, which seemed to have been fixed by rebuilding the search index. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1182675-windows-81-search-causes-explorerexe-to-spike-to-100-cpu/#findComment-596030305 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anibal P Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 Don't think any of that stuff makes a diff, as I mentioned in another thread. Newer versions of Windows will rebuild some stuff after major updates which is why people were complaining that Vista was so slow. They backed off the throttle in Windows 7 but the process is still there. So yeah, just ignore it for the first few days. This plus it will have to reindex your drive after the update also, gonna take some time Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1182675-windows-81-search-causes-explorerexe-to-spike-to-100-cpu/#findComment-596030349 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarakObama Posted October 17, 2013 Author Share Posted October 17, 2013 I have run CCleaner already. In Control Panel>Searching and Indexing the only location I have set it to search is the Start Menu items. I have clicked the rebuild button. I found this post from the 8.1 Preview period. It seems like a bug that didn't get fixed. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1182675-windows-81-search-causes-explorerexe-to-spike-to-100-cpu/#findComment-596030581 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DwindleFlip Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 I have this same exact problem. It makes no sense, and Windows 8.1 runs worse than 8 :( Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1182675-windows-81-search-causes-explorerexe-to-spike-to-100-cpu/#findComment-596031585 Share on other sites More sharing options...
snaphat (Myles Landwehr) Member Posted December 23, 2013 Member Share Posted December 23, 2013 So, I just noticed this topic when I was discussing Windows 8.1 search issues in a newer thread. Here's the possible solution: http://superuser.com/questions/666787/windows-8-1-search-charm-slow-with-explorer-exe-cpu-usage-at-100 Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1182675-windows-81-search-causes-explorerexe-to-spike-to-100-cpu/#findComment-596179053 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarakObama Posted December 27, 2013 Author Share Posted December 27, 2013 The solution by nhkhanh worked for me. I removed all of the folders in Libraries. I tried adding AppData\Local\Packages to the index but it didn't work. I didn't try the whole AppData folder because it takes forever to index it. Adding the AppData folder back to the Search-Index is not working for me. But after inspecting with Process Monitor, I found out that Explorer will continue search all files and folders in Libraries (which is disable by default in Windows 8.1) until it is completed. Bring Libraries back by http://lifehacker.com/how-to-bring-libraries-back-in-windows-8-1-1446756473 and remove all folders in Libraries or add them to Search-Index. snaphat (Myles Landwehr) 1 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1182675-windows-81-search-causes-explorerexe-to-spike-to-100-cpu/#findComment-596184161 Share on other sites More sharing options...
snaphat (Myles Landwehr) Member Posted December 27, 2013 Member Share Posted December 27, 2013 The solution by nhkhanh worked for me. I removed all of the folders in Libraries. I tried adding AppData\Local\Packages to the index but it didn't work. I didn't try the whole AppData folder because it takes forever to index it. Good post, I just tried that and I think it does work better for me than the AppData solution also. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1182675-windows-81-search-causes-explorerexe-to-spike-to-100-cpu/#findComment-596184171 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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