@rconn, I understand you want to reduce support calls, but then tell me how do I set the following from OPTION dialog: 1) DIR output color coding based on file extension. I use "ColorDir" setting in the from TCMD.INI for it. 2) All settings under "[Font]" ini the file TCMD.INI 3) And there are...

Hi folks, Can someone point me to where I can find documentation of all available settings that are available via the file TCMD.INI? Thanks, -- George

@rconn, If it is just the window size, why would TC be doing any kind of processing when the TC window is hidden, such as completely minimized or hidden behind other windows? I'm not ready to give up on this without fully understanding the issue and I think there is a defect here to be...

@rconn, also, why isn't TC GUI app smart enough to detect that it is minimized and thus won't have to scan the buffer to take CPU cycles? Or that it only needs to scan the active tab's buffer vs. all tabs'? In my case, the CPU usage goes up as I add more tabs or the window is minimized or is...

@rconn, when you say "reads that buffer periodically" does that mean if the console buffer is smaller (not the window size) that will help consume less CPU?

@rconn, In my case, the CPU utilization is always and is constantly at and over 20%. That's no small amount at all. And I'm running on a very decent hardware (see screenshot below) in which my laptop is only 2 years old. It is not clear to me what you mean by "TCMD has to continually query...

@rconn, > On my 3 year old laptop with an external monitor, a maximized window (476x175) with 3 tabs uses about 5%. My two year old desktop uses 1 or 2%. So you see this behavior in your env too, thus we now have a confirmation of this issue in your env. as well. But for me, it is always at...

@rconn, > The larger your (hidden) console windows, the more api calls TCMD has to make to conhost. This doesn't make any sense! to me Why would TCMD will need to make more / less API calls to conhost based on its window size?! What are those API calls that TCMD is making? Are you telling...

Can anyone from JPSoft shed some light on this issue? If you need any data from me, let me know. -- George

OK. I found a use-case that will cause the CPU issue, but it is very puzzling. Maybe someone from JPS can see through this. I always start TC in "Maximize" mode and always have been, take the full screen on my monitor. If I resize the TC window so it takes about 2/3 of my screen, the CPU...

@rconn, Regarding your question of: > Do you have ANSI enabled in the TCC window? No I don't. Here is a screenshot: However, I do have TCMD.INI file which among other things it has "ColorDir" key in which I use to color code files for DIR usage. I'm attaching it here in case it matters...

@rconn, I think we are getting somewhere now and maybe even narrow down where to look. Here is what I did. 1) Closed TC 22 as such I have no JPSoft application running. 2) I started TCC stand alone and after waiting some 30 min, the CPU never went over 0%. Here is a screenshot (as you will...

@rconn: > You'll have to ask Microsoft what it's doing to use so much CPU time on your system. I can ask MS, but they will point me to the screenshot that I already showed you above, in which CMD.EXE also has "Console Window Host" and it is using 0% CPU. > 2. Take Command ("TC Administrator")...

@charles, no, I do not see this issue with CMD.EXE. In fact I have 4 of them which were started Monday of last week (12 days now) and all show 0% at this moment. Here is a screenshot.

Hi, @rconn, I do not have AV on this system other than Windows Defender. And to eliminate WD, I disabled it and still see the same issue. As for screen savor, I disabled that and it didn't help. From the screenshots I shared, you can see a "Console Window Host" is spawned per TCC and it is...