Windows 10: Windows Media Player Causing High CPU Usage

Hello all.

My new Lenovo laptop works fine so far, except for one issue. When I run WMP the CPU usage goes to 100%. It seems the culprit is a Windows Driver Foundation process. What can be done (if anything) to remedy this problem.

Any insight or help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Windows 10 Home

Version: 20H2

OS build: 19042.804

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Windows 10 Media Player

Hello brace.

High CPU usage on Windows Media Player can be caused by having too many information stored in the Library. We suggest following the steps below to resolve the issue:

Open Control Panel.

Open Programs and Features.

Click Turn Windows feature on or off.

Open Media Features and untick Windows Media Player.

Click Yes the OK and then reboot the computer.

When the computer restarted, perform the steps 1 to 5 again and check if the issue persists.

Source:
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/for...

 

WIN10 1703 update cause Explorer.exe high CPU usage

Hi,



Glad you reached out. First, we would like to know if Explorer.exe
is the only cause of high CPU usage. Because the common cause of high CPU usage are the following:

- Windows 10 Memory leak after the update.

- Driver incompatibilities after the update.

- Multiple startup applications

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We'll be waiting for your update.

 

WIN10 1703 update cause Explorer.exe high CPU usage

I am using Surface Pro 3 (i5, 8G RAM)

After WIN10 v1703 update, Windows Explorer uses ~30-40% CPU.

If I uncheck "Show thumbnails instead of icons" in the Performance Options, the CPU usage of Windows Explorer reduces to ~0%

Any suggestion why showing thumbnails cause so high CPU usage in v1703?

Thanks!