Windows 10: Shell infactructure overworking

Microsoft, there is a big problem with shell infrastructure host, system GPU and system interrupts overworking when using the Windows photo viewer. It's has been driving me insane o er working my computer, with fan whiring on high speed. It happens every time. If I shut every program that I was using down and let the computer sit idle it can take two hours for the computer to stop overworking. Then as soon as I open up photo files to look at them again, it starts overworking. I have seen another comment here explaining the same issue with over 50 replies, all saying they have the same issue.

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How can I remove this virus remnant?

I was also going to suggest Autoruns.

Check to make sure it isn't attaching itself to explorer. It should be the 3rd thing listed in Autoruns, the listing for the Shell. It should just be Explorer.exe. If it is anything else, that might be your problem.

 

shell infrastructure

Hi,

The error "Shell Infrastructure Host has stopped working." is usually occurring to Windows devices because of some damaged system files. To further troubleshoot your concern, we suggest following these steps:

• When "Shell Infrastructure Host has stopped working. A problem caused the program to stop working correctly. Please close the program." message appeared, press CTRL + ALT + DEL keys on your keyboard.
  
• Choose Switch user.
• Choose the administrator account and then sign into your computer.
• Perform an In-place upgrade. Use this article published
  by PaulSey for the instructions.
  
• Don't forget to choose the option to keep personal files and apps.

In-place upgrade will repair all of the damaged system files on your computer. And by choosing the option Keep personal files and apps, you'll be able to retain all of the saved files, installed applications and Windows settings on your device.

If further assistance is needed, we are here to help.

 

Classic shell

I have no idea why I was apparently one of the few who had to do this, but I finally got it working by doing everything suggested here.

I had never used Revo Uninstaller and had the idea that these "cleaner' things can maybe do more harm than good, so was reluctant to go in that direction.

That being the case, I:

• Restored the computer to a pre-August update state
• Did a normal uninstall of Open Shell
• Rebooted
• Allowed the August updates to install
• Re-installed Open Shell

This resulted in the same symptoms (menu briefly flashing when clicking start button).

So I hesitantly:

• Restored computer to pre-August update state
• Downloaded and installed Revo Uninstaller
• Used Revo Uninstaller to uninstall Open Shell nervously selecting the most aggressive cleanup options
• Rebooted
• Allowed August updates to install
• Re-installed Open Shell

To my surprise, it worked!

Thanks to those who emphasized the need to uninstall and re-install and those who said to use Revo Uninstaller when uninstalling.