microsoft / microsoft/PowerToys
Unusual displaying of CPU usage as 100%
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- C
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Description
### Microsoft PowerToys version
0.100.2
### Installation method
Microsoft Store
### Area(s) with issue?
Command Palette
### Steps to reproduce
Add the CPU usage in the dock.
### ✔️ Expected Behavior
The CPU usage is consistent as the task manager.
### ❌ Actual Behavior
The CPU usage displaying "100%", which is not true, see the gif:
### Upload Bug Report ZIP-file
[PowerToysReport_2026-07-02-16-12-01.zip](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/29588618/PowerToysReport_2026-07-02-16-12-01.zip)
### Additional Information
window 11 26100.6584
### Other Software
_No response_
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start in the Command Palette area by reproducing the CPU usage display after adding CPU usage to the dock, then compare it with Windows Task Manager. Review the attached PowerToysReport ZIP for diagnostic clues; done means the dock reports CPU usage consistently with Task Manager under the reported Windows 11 environment.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- c
- Domain
- desktop, performance
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100