[dba-Tech] Shell Infrastructure Host

[Rocky Smolin]

I can't use Irfanview for this application.  Too awkward. But I did see
where over time the amount of RAM used by Photos creeps up.  SO I'm closing
it when the RAM gets over a GB.  And that seems to help a bit.

r

On Tue, Nov 15, 2022 at 1:19 PM Stuart McLachlan <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg>
wrote:

> Does it also happen if you use Irfanview instead of MS Photo?
>
> <quote>One of the major causes of the Shell Infrastructure Host high CPU
> problem
> is the memory leak issue with the default photo viewer app in Windows.
> This bug
> makes sihost.exe query the registry all the time, which leads to the high
> CPU
> usage.</quote>
> https://www.drivereasy.com/knowledge/shell-infrastructure-host-high-cpu/
> --
> Stuart
>
>
> On 15 Nov 2022 at 8:56, Rocky Smolin wrote:
>
> > Dear List(s):
> >
> > I am editing photos from our recent month long trip in Spain. I'm
> > using MS Photo for light editing - it does most of what I need - crop,
> > straighten, brightness, contrast, color saturation - even has a spot
> > fix function. Very nice program - fast, easy to use.  For heavier work
> > I go to Photoshop - like correcting keystoning.
> >
> > Since I started in on this job I noticed a lot of latency in response
> > time when moving from one pic to another, opening the editor, etc.
> >
> > Checking the Task Manager I found that a program called Shell
> > Infrastructure Host was causing a lot of this slowdown.  So I did a
> > little research on it and it appears to be a problem without a current
> > solution. But my search of the internets for Shell Infrastructure Host
> > problem may not have uncovered the solution.
> >
> > Does anyone have this problem and if so is there anything to be done
> > about it?
> >
> > MTIA
> >
> > Rocky
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