Notepad consuming cpu 40%

Hi there

So recently , my battery life became very weak . laptop fans are always so loud .. When opening task manager, i noticed that the notepad is consuming about 40% sometimes though i don't use it at all i use WORD instead ..
also the memory is always at 30% or above but i don't have any apps opened.

I tried to shutdown , restart but this always happens

Josey Wales said:

Then you have some kind of problem, when I run it it uses 0% CPU and 2mb of memory. Maybe run SFC /SCANNOW from an elevated CMD prompt.

i know it shouldn't use any at all ....i need a solution please .... its making me angry

There would normally be a drop down arrow next to the notepad icon in task manager you should be able to open that and see what exactly is eating your cpu , there isn't leading me to believe thats not notepad at all but malware/virus (just a guess if you scroll up to apps is it listed there)? what happens if you highlight it and click "end process" does it go away and stay away?

Josey Wales said:

Then you have some kind of problem, when I run it it uses 0% CPU and 2mb of memory. Maybe run SFC /SCANNOW from an elevated CMD prompt.

i ran it . then i got this but nothing has changed

ArazelEternal said:

Checking For System Corruption

   Information

As with anything like this, check your system for corruption. Corruption of your system can cause a whole host of odd errors and behaviors.

Step One

Run SFC (System File Checker)

Open an admin Command Prompt and type:

Code:

sfc /scannow

This should fix any system file corruption if there is any.

Step Two

Run DISM (Deployment Image Servicing and Management Tool)

Using the same Command Prompt type:

Code:

dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth

This should fix any component store corruption.

   Note

If the sfc command fails, run this command then try Step One again. Sometimes this will fix sfc errors.

Step Three

Run CHKDSK (Disk Checker)

Using the same Command Prompt, type

Code:

chkdsk C: /scan

This will let you know if there are any errors in the file system itself. If it comes up with errors, type

Code:

chkdsk C: /F /R

This command will perform a more thorough check and attempt to fix any errors and recover any data from bad sectors (if any exist.)

   Note

Running this command will require you to restart. After restarting this will run. After it does, you will need to use the event viewer to view the log.


How To Read CHKDSK Log Using Event Viewer

i've done the three tests . nothing has changed