However, high CPU usage caused by this program is the main reason why people are complaining about it and it seems that the problem seems to be bigger than ever. Having a certain program lock up a high percentage of your memory and CPU power is not a great experience as other resource-heavy processes will fail to operate correctly and they are likely to perform badly.
Sometimes there is an issue with the actual tool and sometimes it’s the setup file which shows up clogging your PC. Follow the solutions presented in several methods below in order to prevent OneDrive from eating up the resources of your PC.
Solution 1: Unlinking OneDrive
Unlinking OneDrive and replacing the contents of several folder was suggested by a user on an online forum aand his anser seems to have helped plenty of people if we were to judge by their responses. This method shouldn’t take a long time to accomplish and you are bound to see the results in no time.
Solution 2: Disable the Following Option from OneDrive Settings
This option is called Improve upload speed and, when selected, it will consume more bandwidth and so if you are on a metered connection and up against a problem with your Internet connection than you can uncheck this option. Additionally, if you noticed that your CPU or memory usage is high, you should disable it and see how the program behaves in the future.
Solution 3: Somewhat Complicated but a Working Method
This method requires a certain portion of your time since some of its part might feel somewhat confusing to inexperienced users but this method was highly praised by the users who experienced the issue of the OneDrive setup taking up a large portion of the CPU power. Follow the steps below for more info.
Solution 4: Deleting the Problematic Files
There are two problematic files whose deletion might fix the problem for you entirely. This method firstly appeared on a Japanese forum but a certain user has translated it and it seems to have worked for some people immediately.
UserTelemetryCache.otc (delete) UserTelemetryCache.otc.session (delete)
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