Fixing 100% disk usage in Windows 10 with Chrome and Skype running

Anonymous
2015-08-16T12:25:27+00:00

How to fix 100% disk usage in Windows 10

This is caused by a common combination of Skype as well Google Chrome. Similar issue with other programs could also cause 100% disk usage. To fix this do the following:

Google Chrome:

In Google Chrome, go to Settings > Show Advanced Settings ... > Privacy > Prefetch resources to load pages more quickly

and untick it. See Figure-1 below:

Figure-1

Skype:

Make sure you have exited Skype and it is not running in the taskbar (if it is running in the taskbar then quit it).

Open Windows Explorer and open the following folder:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Skype\Phone"

Now right click "Skype.exe" file and then click "Properties" and open the "Security" tab.

Click the "Edit" button and then highlight "ALL APPLICATION PACKAGES" and place a tick in the "Write" box.

Click "Apply" and then "OK" and then "OK" again. See Figures-2 to Figure-6 below:

This is it, now run Skype and check the Disk Usage in Task Manager and it will no longer show you 100% disk usage anymore:-

I hope this helps people. I spent a long time in finding a solution to this problem.

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Devices and drivers

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  1. Anonymous
    2016-07-15T08:56:37+00:00

    Try uninstalling Skype Video by right-clicking on it in the start menu and selecting uninstall and see what happens to your disk utilisation 

    ;)

    (And if you still need Skype, use the normal Skype app instead).

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-07-14T03:20:55+00:00

    Which one worked? There are lots of suggestions in this thread. Did you reply to a specific comment.

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-07-14T02:56:29+00:00

    omg spent last 3 days trying every suggestion and this one worked!!! Yay!! thank you!

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-07-13T07:42:14+00:00

    HI,

    That's actually not the best solution. That's service management. For an organisation it works, not for individuals, unless you got lots of money.

    This shouldn't happen in the first place, bottom line.

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  5. Anonymous
    2016-07-09T14:30:50+00:00

    This is the answer I've been searching for, all the other "fixes" did not work for long. Updating the SATA driver worked like a charm, thank you!

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