Disable Windows Compatibility Telemetry in Windows 10

Unfortunately I had the case that 99.9% of my CPU was occupied by "Windows Compatibility Telemetry" - and I didn't know why.

Apparently this is a service that monitors the compatibility of applications and Windows. This service does not run permanently, but when certain events occur.

Now I must have run into one of the events and the service thought to use the whole CPU reserves. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Disable Windows Compatibility Telemetry

The telemetry is started via various triggers in the Windows Task Scheduler. At this point you can completely disable the service or the associated triggers.

Open your Windows Start Menu
Enter Task Scheduler
Search for Microsoft Compatibility Appraiser or open manually the Path Task Scheduler Library\Microsoft\Windows\Application Experience, select Application Experience
Use right-click and disable

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Benjamin Abt

Ben is a passionate developer and software architect and especially focused on .NET, cloud and IoT. In his professional he works on high-scalable platforms for IoT and Industry 4.0 focused on the next generation of connected industry based on Azure and .NET. He runs the largest german-speaking C# forum myCSharp.de, is the founder of the Azure UserGroup Stuttgart, a co-organizer of the AzureSaturday, runs his blog, participates in open source projects, speaks at various conferences and user groups and also has a bit free time. He is a Microsoft MVP since 2015 for .NET and Azure.