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5 Ways to Fix Microsoft Office Click to Run High CPU Usage

We strongly recommend scanning your PC for malware

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Updated onMay 29, 2024

updated onMay 29, 2024

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Microsoft Office Click to Run is frequently guilty ofexcessive CPU usage, resulting insystem freezes, hangs, or performance lags.

Today, we will give you 5 of the best solutions to help you fix the high CPU usage problem of the Microsoft Office Click-to-Run service. Let us take a look at the solutions.

How do I fix the Microsoft Office click to run high CPU usage?

1. Repair Microsoft Office client

Since Microsoft Office Click to Run is an installer component, there are chances that because of some missing files or bugs, the process is eating up your CPU memory.

You can easily fix that by running the repair of the program following the above steps.

2. Scan your PC for malware

A virus can not only make your PC slow or freeze, but it will trigger multiple other issues.

So, it is very important that you have anantivirus installed on your PC.

3. Reinstall Microsoft Office

Reinstalling not only fixes the Microsoft Office issues caused by corrupt or missing important files, but it also installs the latest available version of the program.

4. Disable Click-to-Run Service

Disabling this process isn’t recommended. But if you are still experiencing lag and high CPU usage issues with this service, then you can go ahead and disable the process.

5. Uninstall Click to Run

If you have Microsoft Office Click to Run installed on your PC, then you can uninstall it from the Control Panel.

We have a dedicated guide covering howyou can get the Click to Run service backon your PC after you have uninstalled it if you change your mind afterward.

How to check if you have Microsoft Office Click to Run

Microsoft Office Click to Run is a background service that uses streaming and virtualization technology to keep the Office apps up-to-date and allows users to run multiple instances of the Office apps.

You can also check if you have the Click to Run installed for Microsoft Office or not by following the below steps:

Via Office app

Via Control Panel

What happens if I disable Microsoft Office Click to Run?

Once you disable orremove the Microsoft Office Click to Run, your Microsoft Office apps won’t get automated services. That is, they will not be automatically updated or installed with the most recent feature or security patches.

5 Ways to Fix Microsoft Office Click to Run High CPU Usage#

How do I fix the Microsoft Office click to run high CPU usage?#

1. Repair Microsoft Office client#

2. Scan your PC for malware#

3. Reinstall Microsoft Office#

4. Disable Click-to-Run Service#

5. Uninstall Click to Run#

How to check if you have Microsoft Office Click to Run#

Via Office app#

Via Control Panel#

What happens if I disable Microsoft Office Click to Run?#