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Hi,
Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.
As you have mentioned that you want to know the ways to fix runtime broker.
Runtime Broker is a Windows process in Task Manager that helps manage permissions on your PC for apps from Windows Store. It should only use a few megabytes of memory, but in some cases, a faulty app might cause Runtime Broker to use up to a gigabyte
of RAM or more.
If your RAM use is high and your PC is running slowly, an app may be the cause of the problem. Press Ctrl+Shift+Esc to open Task Manager and then, on the Processes tab, check to see how much memory Runtime Broker is using. If it’s using more than 15% of your
memory, you probably have an issue with an app on your PC. To stop Runtime Broker from using so much memory, select Runtime Broker in the list, select End task to close Runtime Broker, and then restart your computer.
If still the issue persist suggest OP to run in-built system maintainace troubleshooter and check-- give appro steps;
1) go to control panel.
2)Select Troubleshooting
3)On left pane, select View all.
4)Select system maintaince and run the troubleshooter .
Hope this information will be helpful for you. Keep us posted on the status of the issue and I’ll be glad to assist you further
Thank you.
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Alright, I will disable runtimebroker.exe via the registry edit hack then. Thanks.
This is the first mention of a registry hack in this thread. Can you post a link, or post instructions? Did it work for you? Were there any adverse effects?
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I don't recommend doing this as it breaks certain functionality in Windows 10 and can even break the start menu all together but here are the steps needed to disable it. Again I strongly recommend not doing this.
Right-click on the Start Menu Icon. Go to RUN and type regedit.exe and select OK.
Find the following entry:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\TimeBroker] "Start"=dword:00000003
Change the 3 to a 4.
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\TimeBroker] "Start"=dword:00000004
4 is Disabled, 3 is Manual and 2 is Automatic startup.
Before editing, the original value was 3. Set to 4 to disable. Just change the 3 to a 4 through the MODIFY menu selection, exit regedit and reboot your system.
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Awesome. Turning off "Show me tips about Windows" immediately dropped average CPU usage from about 40% to 5%. Runtimebroker.exe was the process taking so much CPU.
Thanks for the tip, PaulPrimmer. I'm sorry it didn't work for you as well.
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There seems to be some common elements to these runtime broker issues. Check this post for a possible solution
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http://www.zigzag3143.com/
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