
Fix Outlook High CPU Usage Caused by Antivirus Scanning
Symptoms and Likely Cause
You notice Outlook consuming 50% or more CPU, making your syste...

You notice Outlook consuming 50% or more CPU, making your syste...

You open Outlook and it keeps showing the loading screen or starts in safe mode repeatedly. This ...

If you see a 'path not found' error when creating or running a scheduled task in Windows Task Sch...

When Outlook fails to launch normally, the safe mode command (outlook.exe /safe) is ...

You download the Windows Security offline installer (the .cab or .psf file) to update Defender de...

You open OneDrive and see a blank white or gray screen. The app doesn't load your files, and noth...