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I have a fairly new windows 10 laptop that I've been using, and today it was running very slowly. I opened up my task manager and found these background processes that are collectively taking up almost 100% of my cpu usage, but I'm not sure what they are. I ended those tasks for now but I would like to know what they are in case they ever come up again.

One of them is called ".▯▯▯000600000007bef01a39bf74345ff998" and when I click on "open file location", it leads me to the recycle bin which is empty.

Any ideas on what they might be used for?

cpu task manager

Brent789
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If you want to keep your existing install as is, because the machine is new, try reviewing CPU usage.

For reviewing Windows CPU and Disk Usage (as a minimum) run Windows 10 Admin Tools, Resource Monitor.

Let it run for 15 to 20 minutes and see what is using CPU and Disk (this usage constitutes most slow downs).

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