COM Surrogate (dllhost.exe) and question of loading folder

Hi all

There are 2 problems that I think are related, but I could be wrong:

  1. Some files are loading very slowly (or even does not at all). The framework itself is displayed instantly, but the content is not and the Green loading bar in the address bar is.
  2. Surrogate COM (dllhost.exe) is always eat up to 13% of the CPU (so I guess that 100% of a wire with a processor of threads 4 cores x 2 I).

Running on Windows 7 x 64, all updates installed.

I saw a bunch of related issues here but with apparently different sources. I tried already to:

  • Run the System File Checker: no problem.
  • Run Microsoft Safety scanner: no problem.
  • Check the system drive to find errors: no problems.
  • Run Microsoft Fixit performance: some software/services launches at startup, but don't see any suspicious things.

Any suggestions?

Thank you very much!

Niranjan salvation!

And thank you for your fast answer :)

First of all, my problem is (partly) solved! But not exactly by doing what you suggested.

Pretty good for me and for the moment in any case. :)

Let me explain:

As you suggest, I created a new user account, restarted the computer and connected with the new account. And Yes, magic, the problem did not appear.

So I happily spent at step 2 of your recommendation that would transfer all my data to this new account to use as the master account.

But while I was browsing windows to copy my data the problem reappeared.

So after some research and a few tests, I realized that the question was in fact a video file on my desktop. An .asf file to COM surrogate could not create a thumbnail *. Perhaps because of a mistake or missing codec? In any case, deleting, I solved the problem.

Hope this feedback will help others and I hope that will come a software fix.

Best regards

* The COM Surrogate is a fancy name for sacrificial processes for a COM object that is running outside the process which has asked. Explorer uses the COM Surrogate during extraction of thumbnails, for example. If you go to a folder with thumbnails enabled, Explorer will trigger a COM Surrogate and use it to calculate the thumbnails for documents in the folder. It does because Explorer has learned not to trust miniature extractors; they have a poor track record of stability.

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