Windows Explorer high power usage when playing video games. This causes game to freeze lag every 4-5 minutes. Windows 11

[DanielSalami]

My PC started freeze lagging for like a second every 5 minutes while playing video games. I updated the OS to windows 11 from windows 10, and it ran smoothly for months till a recent update. So, I tried looking into the issue to figure out what's going on. I opened a task manager to a second screen to try to see if a spike happens anywhere when the freeze lag occurs. Initially, all I saw was windows explorer randomly jumping to the top of the list, then back down. then i expanded the window and realized there is a very high-power usage by windows explorer when the lag happens. I have tried alm

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