Steam client Bootstrapper high CPU usage when idling. - SOLVED

[LostKeys]

The title pretty much sums it up. The Bootstrapper does absolutely nothing. No playing a game, no downloading, no nothing else. And yet, it takes some 8-10% of my Ryzen 5 1600x CPU power. And that is rather much. Any advice, please?
Thanks, Martin.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Originally posted by SootCoot:

I just had it happen to me too. But it went so high as using 90% of cpu usage. I got a 8core 4Ghz cpu. It suddenly used a lot and made firefox stutter. I use win 7 (which is in pirate mode, since i changed my mobo). Fixing it I went into steam settings. Disabled shared family library, Set it to start in Library instead of the store. Cleaned the cache and cookies. Then checkboxed that I had read all comments in threads I follow. Restart steam and suddenly it is fixed. I'm back down into 1% (occasional spike to 3%, 6% or 9%).

Yup, please try this folks.

[76561198971462920]

Originally posted by CatPerson:

Just curiosity - does being in Offline mode or not allowing/using the Overlay reduce it, maybe because it has less it wants to keep checking for? Because for me bootstrapper fluctuates between 0-0.1% CPU (9900k) when Steam is in tray but "idle" (I'm not gaming or Online/downloading or using Steam to browse Steam forums etc). All the "client webhelpers" sit at 0% the entire time.

I mean granted my cpu is "high end" but cpu use for that process is almost non-existent vs. the 8%-12% you guys are mentioning.

I checked on my i7-920 system and it's also pretty much at zero percent when idle. Also Offline-mode.

Found this thread on google when searching for a solution to this problem. Noticed the same exact issue, constant CPU usage ~0.6-1.3% when Steam is idling in tray

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Originally posted by Tommy Twostone:

Originally posted by CatPerson:

Just curiosity - does being in Offline mode or not allowing/using the Overlay reduce it, maybe because it has less it wants to keep checking for? Because for me bootstrapper fluctuates between 0-0.1% CPU (9900k) when Steam is in tray but "idle" (I'm not gaming or Online/downloading or using Steam to browse Steam forums etc). All the "client webhelpers" sit at 0% the entire time.

I mean granted my cpu is "high end" but cpu use for that process is almost non-existent vs. the 8%-12% you guys are mentioning.

I checked on my i7-920 system and it's also pretty much at zero percent when idle. Also Offline-mode.

Found this thread on google when searching for a solution to this problem. Noticed the same exact issue, constant CPU usage ~0.6-1.3% when Steam is idling in tray

And? How is this of any concern?
It's running an actively doing something, you can't have it both ways.

[76561198971462920]

Originally posted by Bad 💀 Motha:

Originally posted by Tommy Twostone:

Found this thread on google when searching for a solution to this problem. Noticed the same exact issue, constant CPU usage ~0.6-1.3% when Steam is idling in tray

And? How is this of any concern?
It's running an actively doing something, you can't have it both ways.

Not sure what you meant but I believe the concern was about Steam client Bootstrapper having a high cpu usage while in idle.

The issue is solved