Windows 10: Com surrogate HIGH CPU after using VLC player

After using VLC player I always end up with COM Surrogate still running after I closed VLC and using high memory and CPU.I read about installing K-lite codecs to solve the problem but that does not make sense since VLC only uses it own codecs.Any suggestion is very welcome.Thanks a lot!

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COM Surrogate using too much CPU, Thumbnail and Icon problem.

Your player is incompatible with your system. I just solved this issue by uninstalling 32 bit VLC Player and installing 64 bit version.

 

COM Surrogate high CPU usage

Hello

I saw many posts for COM surrogate using high CPU but never a case like mine.

Whenever i click end task,it restarts the process but it keeps it low (under 2% CPU)

Then every time i start Windows Media Player,both files go over 25-30% so i end up having COM and Windows Media player using 50-60% of my CPU

How can i fix this ?

 

Cortana & COM Surrogate high CPU usage when Search or Start Menu is opened

Hi Ruth,

Thank you for suggesting these troubleshooting steps. Unfortunately, starting in a Clean Boot did not resolve the issue. I remember that there were some updates available prior to this issue (KB3156421 and KB3152599) and I didn't do any major changes to
the system.

One thing that I forgot to mention in my first post, is that the high CPU usage also sometimes occurs with the "Host Process for Windows Tasks" process too. It mostly happens with COM Surrogate, but this process shows up sometimes too.

Thanks!