Windows 10: PhoneExperienceHost.exe running in the background & adding itself to the startup tab

I do not use Your Phone app, as I don't need to connect my phone to Windows. One good morning, the process PhoneExperienceHost.exe was running in the background with RuntimeBroker.exe, consuming 15 to 30MB of RAM. I tried to fix this myself. The first thing I did is right clicked on PhoneExperineceHost.exe and clicked on Open File Location. The signatures were from Microsoft, so it did seem fine. The one funny thing to look at, which is how I cannot access the WindowsApps folder, but I can access its contents. Next, I tried uninstalling it. I never at least opened Your Phone app, even on other

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Chrome background tabs NOT loading until focused..

It is normal for tabs in background to not refresh. list of all switches hat chrome://flags adds to chrome.exe for startup. List of Chromium Command Line Switches << Peter Beverloo

This is the switch that gets added for tab refresh. How To Disable Auto Tab Refresh In Chrome

 

Task Manager - Startup tab

Actually, I like your suggestion as a first step.

Unchecking the wrong thing in Autoruns can brick a system.

 

EXE in Startup folder not running


I have the same problem with MS works calendar reminder, the .exe is listed in the startup folder but at the time specified for the reminder it doesn't show the reminder pop-up.
Tbh this was also a problem under Win 7 & 8/8.1 but rectified it by copying the alarm/calendar reminder .exe to the startup folder, this doesn't work with 10.