Microsoft office Click-to-run process running with high CPU and memory

Anonymous
2015-01-04T09:11:11+00:00

HI There,

I have a HP pavilion laptop running windows 8.1 and office 2013.

Things have been fine from Feb to until Nov this year, after which point I noticed the mouse cursor showing the busy revolving circle all the time, performance was reduced and the computer sounded like it was constantly working.

I traced the problem to the Microsoft office Click-to-run process running with high CPU (5+%) and memory (50+mb). If I restarted the click-to-run service the use of computer resources dropped to minimal and the problems described in the first paragraph disappeared.

Unfortunately as time has gone on an error occurs when trying to stop the click-to-run process so the above restart fix does not work and the longer the laptop is on the worse the performance gets.

I have reinstalled office twice, I hace clicked the office repair option and searched the web for a solution all to no avail.

Please can somebody help find a solution as it is driving me mad and making my new laptop unusable. BTW my partner has a similar laptop setup with no issues.

Kind Regards

Bob.

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Anonymous
2015-01-20T15:29:20+00:00

Hi There,

I solve my problem.

Symptoms:

  • Process Office 15 click-to-run running constantly 20% CPU
  • Process MSOSYNC (document cache) 0% CPU and still restarting (on bacground)

The main problem is Document cache, because process MSOSYNC is not loaded and any orange tray icon (with arrow) as Office document cache in task bar is not visible.

How to solve this problem:

  1. disable service click-to-run (in services - set disabled)
  2. restart computer (click-to-run will be not loaded)
  3. open C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\Spw and delete all files
  4. open C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\15.0\OfficeFileCache and delete all files
  5. enable service click-to-run (set automatic)
  6. restart computer

The problem is solved - for me.

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  1. Anonymous
    2015-06-01T10:15:57+00:00

    I have experienced this for the last week.  After some testing I learned that if I pause OneDrive sync, the CPU usage for Microsoft Office Click-to-Run drops to zero.

    I have Office 2010 installed and the latest version of OneNote along with the free version of OneDrive on Windows 8.1 64-bit with all of the latest updates.

    Same for me, happens for the last week.

     I noticed the mouse cursor showing the busy revolving circle all the time.

    Yes, if you pause OneDrive sync, the CPU usage for Microsoft Office Click-to-Run drops to zero.

    And, if you stop WiFi, the CPU usage for Microsoft Office Click-to-Run drops to zero.

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-06-01T10:54:02+00:00

    I had been having the exact same issue and tried the various options listed in this thread.  The problem never went away.  I'm running Office 2010 with OneNote 2013 and Windows 8.1 on a Surface Pro 3 with an i7.  Our corporate MS contact suggested doing a repair on MS Office.  I first repaired Office 2010....no change.  I then did a repair on Office 2013 OneNote and the problem was fixed immediately.  I think there must have been an update pushed out by MS that broke something in Office.  Below is the info to run the repair:

    1. Open up an office application and ensure that they are 100% updated as well.
      • Go to file – Office Account – Update options

                            

    1. Look up “programs and features” in your search options ( via search charm ). This will bring you to the list of programs. Select your Office suite and click “change” up at the top next to “uninstall”. Windows will prompt you for a quick repair or online repair. Select “online repair” **See below**

    Allow the program to complete its tasks, which may take up to 15 minutes, and reboot your PC. You may need to type in your Microsoft account to activate if your repair is successful.

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-06-01T11:37:10+00:00

    Yeah this seems to have done the trick for me! I think this should be marked as the proper solution.

    Thanks CindiGustafson

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-06-01T11:42:10+00:00

    Yes, this was the solution.

    Thanks CindiGustafson

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