PSCS Browser spiking 100% CPU Usage!

[marissa_c._boucher]

Hi,

 

For some reason Photoshop CS's file browser is making my CPU

performance spike up to 100% CPU usage every time I click on the

file browser open icon in PSCS. I'm having the hardest time

navigating through folders in the CS browser all of a sudden. It's

extremely slow to expand folders and display thumbnail previews.

 

This started happening today so I know it's not my settings 'cause I

haven't touched those. My PS memory is at 60% under PS preferences.

I have the windows task manager open under the performance tab so I

can watch the CPU usage spike when clicking the PS file browser open

and close.

 

Any ideas?!

Thanks.

[sean de merchant httpw]

Did you open a directory with a lot of images? Creating thumbnails from large PSDs and RAW files can take a while. You should expect this type of behavior the first time you open any directory with a lot of images in it and schedule for that.

 

You might also make sure that background processing is turned off in the settings for File Browser.

 

enjoy,

 

Sean

[marissa_c._boucher]

I'm aware of background processing. This is something else though. I have toggled that option and still see the same problems. It's like the filebrowser just doesn't want to cooperate all of sudden. Let's say I just want to drag the scroll bar in the file browser on the folder view side, even that gives me an hour glass mouse icon and I have to wait like a minute to be able to do anything.

 

I'm not browsing RAW's or PSD's. A lot of my folders are even smaller jpgs.

[marissa_c._boucher]

Figured it out. It appears that I had the same location expanded in my folder list on the left side of the file browser so PS was trying to preview the same folder twice since it was already expanded twice in the folder list due to a shortcut to the same location.