I probably sound like an idiot, but is it easy to get a fresh install of win10, it was the free upgrade and i'm not sure what the process would be.

Alright, so I also found your Solved section before, I tried that then, and now.

I then did a scan with MWB, which picked up a few files but nothing it deemed dangerous. I ran a full scan on my...

I believe I ran that a few weeks ago when I first noticed the problem, but I just ran it again to make sure. It said no integrity violations.

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Hi, thanks for your reply brummyfan, sorry I'm taking so long to get back, I had completely forgotten I made the thread. I believe I have done what you asked, but I haven't seen any noticeable...

My explorer.exe consistently uses 25%~ of my CPU, it persists through restarts and restarting the process itself. I believe a reinstall would fix it but i'd much rather fix it manually first if I...