I did this, and it appeared to work, then the application started running again. I checked the settings and it was still disabled. Microsoft appears to be ignoring its own system settings and just running the thing whether I will or no.
Disabling Windows Compatability Telemetry
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Does anybody know how to stop the Windows Compatability Telemetry (CompatTelRunner.exe) from starting? It causes extremely high disk usage which results in large performance issues.
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2016-11-16T16:06:03+00:00 Hi Nancy,
To disable Windows Compatibility Telemetry, kindly follow these steps:
- On the s earch box, type services and press Enter to open the Services desktop app.
- Stop the Diagnostics Tracking Service and change the Startup Type to Disabled.
Additionally, you can use PowerShell to stop the Diagnostics Tracking Service and change the Startup Type to disabled. To do so, open PowerShell and run these commands:
stop-service diagtrack
set-service diagtrack -startuptype disabled
Let us know how it works.
Regards.
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Anonymous
2016-11-21T06:51:03+00:00 I think we have finally found the problem. It's simply Microsoft and their **** updates followed by a jungle of pointers to conflicting places that do not fix the problem. These clowns are never going to issue a stable version of the OS.
Solution: Save your files. Wipe your drive, and install Linux.
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Anonymous
2016-11-30T17:14:12+00:00 Hi Nancy,
To disable Windows Compatibility Telemetry, kindly follow these steps:
- On the s earch box, type services and press Enter to open the Services desktop app.
- Stop the Diagnostics Tracking Service and change the Startup Type to Disabled.
Additionally, you can use PowerShell to stop the Diagnostics Tracking Service and change the Startup Type to disabled. To do so, open PowerShell and run these commands:
stop-service diagtrack
set-service diagtrack -startuptype disabled
Let us know how it works.
Regards.
Just a heads up, they changed the display name from Diagnostics Tracking Service to Connected User Experiences and Telemetry. The real name is still diagtrack in PowerShell and the services tab under Task Manager though. I guess they thought people wouldn't like to see "Tracking Service" running on their PC, so they made it go incognito.