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PowerToys.SvgThumbnailProvider eating CPU
Microsoft PowerToys version
0.69.1
Installation method
PowerToys auto-update
Running as admin
Yes
Area(s) with issue?
General
Steps to reproduce
The PowerToys.SvgThumbnailProvider is consistently eating my CPU cycles.
PowerToysReport_2023-05-22-19-27-08.zip
✔️ Expected Behavior
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❌ Actual Behavior
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Other Software
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@kmazziotta Hi, thanks for reporting this. I don't see anything suspicious in the logs. Do you happen to have several .svg files in some directory that was opened in File Explorer at the time? It is possible that SVG thumbnail previewer was just loading thumbnails for .svg files.
Does this happen often or it was just one time occurence?
Thanks. /needinfo
I fixed this problem by going through all the settings and turning off anything with ".svg" in it. Now this service does not run at all and I don't have the problem any more.
I hope you are able to fix it one day.
- Kevin @.*** --**** Cell
This should be fixed now. Try updating to latest PowerToys version and let us know if it's still an issue /needinfo
This should be fixed now. Try updating to latest PowerToys version and let us know if it's still an issue /needinfo.
Hey there. I had same problem, continuous high cpu load. Updated to 0.75.1, rebooted - still high load for hours.
Hi there, I also have the issue with high CPU load caused by PowerToys.SvgThumbnailProvider. Even if I disable the Preview Tool in the PowerToys GUI and I kill the PowerToys.SvgThumbnailProvider process in TaskManager it keeps coming again.
Still happening. Got hit with it after latest windows update yesterday on win11.
@alexaide Which PT version are you using? /needinfo We did some more improvements to the SVG thumbnail provider which should be included in the next PT version (should be out in the next couple of days).
@stefansjfw I noticed that I had a pending update after writing it and applied it and haven't had my laptop turn into a fan since. I'm now at 77. I think I was at 71 something before. So it's probably the same issue that was reported 2 weeks ago. I found it interesting for you to know perhaps, that it was triggered by windows update. I've been living with this PT version peacefully for a while, but it went nuts specifically after update.
Thanks for the info. We'll keep track of it. Let us know if it happens again, especially with the next version (v0.78) when it comes out.
To add to the report: I freshly installed v0.78.0 two days ago and am experiencing this behavior as well on Windows 10. For me it does it with *.STL files (of which I have a lot).
Once it starts doing its thing in a folder STL files are in, the process takes up an entire core by itself until I either end the process or turn the computer off.
I had this issue (Windows 10), it was resolved by opening up PowerTools settings, going to File Explorer Add-ons and in the 'Thumbnail Icon Preview' section, disabling 'Scalable Vector Graphics'. I then had to manually kill three PowerToys.SvgThumbnailProvider processes in the Task Manager: as soon as I did this, the PC load fell dramatically and the cooling fan speed dropped by about half.
The point is to have that functionality, though, isn't it?
Well ideally, yes, but in the absence of a fix this does at least resolve the excessive power use/fan noise problem.
I had the same problem today, high cpu for PowerToys.SvgThumbnailProvider seemingly maxing 1 core also had outlook doing the same. Wary of script type vulnerabilities in svg I shutdown outlook and just applied an end task to this process. Edit, checked version I was on v0.72.0 upgrading to latest.
