Why does Store Broker (wshost.exe) keep killing my CPU?

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I've got a new Windows 8 machine and, for some reason, the Store Broker keeps pegging my CPU. It seems to pop up every time I do anything with the Windows Store (makes sense) or use some Metro apps (also makes sense). However, for some reason, this process takes up 33% of my CPU and never lets go of it once it starts. This causes the machine to get hot which causes the fan to come on and the combination drastically reduces my battery life (from 11hrs to 3).

Aside from frequently checking for and killing this app, is there anything else I can do about this? Is anyone else having this problem? Is it a misconfiguration on my end? I'm running this on a new Surface Pro 2.

Thanks!

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I SOLVED this. At least for myself. It's been a 3-day journey. Argh!

The upshot is this:

Kill Store and Store Broker from task list.

Rename the Cache folder to CacheOld at:

C:\Users(Your User Account)\AppData\Local\Packages\WinStore_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState

(Your WinStore_gobblygook might be a different bunch of gobbblygook)

Create an empty folder called Cache.

Solved! For me anyway.

Enjoy,

Ron

I have been at this for days. I've read every article and post everywhere. I have updated graphics drivers, set date and time, run wsreset, sfc /scannnow, created new user account (store did work for new account), app troubleshooter, etc, etc, etc...

Today I just started digging around and looking at dates. I don't have log files to back this up but I believe I broke Store with CCleaner. I'm not sure exactly when the Store broke so this is a best guess but it makes some sense since Ccleaner does clean Store cache.

I also recently installed Tor Browser but my gut is that that was totally unrelated.

I might create a sandbox user and try to break Store with Ccleaner to confirm. But honestly I am tired of this little adventure.

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2014-03-07T18:42:36+00:00

Tuan, simply read this thread, there are at least two proven solutions within this thread. One is disabling temporarily the Windows Store until Microsoft fixes this through Windows Update. This is the one I use, with a reg patch. The other one identifies the culprit as the language/location for the Windows Store, so you may want to look into it.

Good luck!
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Anonymous

2014-03-07T17:27:02+00:00

I think you should enable fast startup, try it.

Um, I'm pretty sure that fast startup is enabled by default, no? If not, please elaborate.

I think you try to check "fast startup" is enabled,

if it does not work, try updating the package KB2919394 in windows update.
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Anonymous

2014-03-07T16:58:53+00:00

I think you should enable fast startup, try it.

Um, I'm pretty sure that fast startup is enabled by default, no? If not, please elaborate.
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Anonymous

2014-03-07T16:13:52+00:00

I've got a new Windows 8 machine and, for some reason, the Store Broker keeps pegging my CPU. It seems to pop up every time I do anything with the Windows Store (makes sense) or use some Metro apps (also makes sense). However, for some reason, this process takes up 33% of my CPU and never lets go of it once it starts. This causes the machine to get hot which causes the fan to come on and the combination drastically reduces my battery life (from 11hrs to 3).

Aside from frequently checking for and killing this app, is there anything else I can do about this? Is anyone else having this problem? Is it a misconfiguration on my end? I'm running this on a new Surface Pro 2.

Thanks!

I think you should enable fast startup, try it.

Sorry for my bad English.
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