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Explorer.exe normal memory usage Q and file extraction problems
Hello. I have two questions I want to ask. I don't think this should be in software forum as I think it's an admin related problem?
I've been having problems with extracting 7-zip and RAR file formats with the 7-zip file archiver utility. My problem is that I can't seem to extract rar or 7-zip or any compressed file formats as I get a "can not open output file......" or "Can not delete output file....."
This is a little annoying as it works when I open the software itself, confirm the UAC prompt and then browse to the file I want to extract. But as I said it's a little annoying having to open the program UI every time. I want to right click on a file in windows explorer and select "7-zip" and "Extract...". And I should also say that it works when I extract the file using "Extract here" but not if I want to choose a folder I want it to go to. And the built-in windows zip extractor does work flawlessly but not this. Is there any way I can solve this?
It doesn't work for me but it does work in my brother's computer...
And I tried googling but there doesn't seem to be any answers. Only thing I stumbled upon was a tool called "Longpathtool" which supposedly fixes problems like this but don't know if it's legit...
Oh, and what is the normal memory consumption of the explorer.exe process? Right now I have it running at around 56000 kilobytes and 60000 kb. Is it normal for it to increase in memory usage when I have windows explorer open? It doesn't increase if I don't use it, but when I do memory usage increases over time and I don't know if there is a limit.