SkyDrive Sync Engine Host

Anonymous
2013-10-19T14:50:56+00:00

So far the update to Windows 8.1 has gone very well. I have, however, noticed an issue on ONE of my PCs that's been updated.

The SkyDrive Sync Engine Host process in Task Manager is constantly consuming 12 - 15% of the CPU. Now all of my files that I've chosen to sync have already synced properly. The 'Size' and 'Size on Disk' match for all of the folders I've marked to sync offline.

I've rebooted the PC and, upon restart, the process goes right back in to its CPU consumption.

I will note, that even though the CPU consumption is up, the Network Utilization is not. So it can't be constantly downloading or uploading anything since it's not using the network.

Any ideas as to why this is happening and how I can fix it?

Thanks in advance.

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-02-13T22:21:34+00:00

    Guys.. this is the answer... it works for me..        

    Glad it worked for you. It doesn't work for me.

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-02-13T21:11:26+00:00

    After hours of searching etc. I found the fix or at least for me.

    Go to your "Task Manager" and close both SkyDrive services.

    Next, go to Windows Explorer and navigate to:

    C:\Users%USER%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\SkyDrive

    Delete the "SkyDrive" folder after backing up your SkyDrive date elsewhere. (just encase.  This is just a settings folder but any corrupted files will go missing after this.

    Do this t all computers using the same account.  Takes a few minutes or so depending on your account size.  It will start with nothing then quickly fill in with all your files from the cloud.

    Note: %USER% is replaced with your windows login; you will recognize I when you get to the user folder area i.e. C:\Users\

    Hope this helps.  :)

    Guys.. this is the answer... it works for me..

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-02-13T21:10:29+00:00

    This worked for me. Thanks a TON!!!!

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-02-13T19:30:02+00:00

    The cloud icon came out on the patch Tuesday for this month.  Tuesday, Feb. 11th.  Since then I can't get my SkyDrive to work correctly.  A dozen of the icons will appear if I step away and the process keeps restarting.  I have tried the troubleshooter to no avail.

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  5. Anonymous
    2014-02-13T19:19:50+00:00

    Is there a resolution to this issue? Skydrive.exe is eating up CPU time. Stopping it resolves the issue temporarily, but that's not a permanent solution. I use Skydrive to sync my documents, so it needs to run as a background service. Skydrive worked fine under Windows 7. This problem only started when I moved to Windows 8.1.

    *Very* temporarily, as the process likes to restart itself quite frequently.

    I don't know if this is new, but when it's running, there's a little cloud icon in the system tray (next to the clock), and a blue circle with white circular arrows starts flashing on it quickly.  It makes it look like it's stopping and restarting (though the blinking may be what it does when it behaves normally; I wouldn't know, I haven't noticed what it looks like when it's not kicking my system's fans into overdrive).

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