Disable Windows Compatibility Telemetry in Windows 10

25 January 2020

Disable Windows Compatibility Telemetry in Windows 10
Windows

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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Autor

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.