Adobe Audition drives up CPU usage on Windows Explorer

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Whenever I load a Multitrack project - even with only four tracks - the CPU usage on Windows Explorer jumps and causes Audition to stall, both on playback and during editing. This stalling happens every minute or so, then the Windows Explorer CPU usage drops back down and I can use the program smoothly. This stalling is intermittent, but consistent, so it makes the program practically unusable. Rebooting doesn't help. Closing all other programs doesn't help. And this problem occurs only when Audition is running - as soon as I close Audition, Windows Explorer no longer exhibits any CPU usage spikes. I have an 8-core/16-logical-core processor with 64G RAM and an NVidia 1080 graphics card, with the latest Windows 10 build and updates, and the latest version of Audition, so such stalling doesn't make sense... I am using my motherboard's built-in audio hardware, e.g., I do not have a dedicated sound card. Any help out there (other than rebooting or closing other programs, neither of which help at all) for this issue?

scottm50498780 · Answer

I have the same exact problem but I am using a laptop with external sound card. It does it on my desktop as well. I've sent error logs and video captures to MS and nothing has been done. When I open task manager I see "system interrupts" at the top of the list with a red bar. I don't know that much about computers but I know it never did it on xp or even windows 9. It became pretty much unusable after with the advent of windows 10.

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