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https://github.com/artskydj/kill-rogue-steamwebhelper

Sometimes steamwebhelper decides to eat one of my CPU cores. Me no likey, so me killey steamwebhelper.
https://github.com/artskydj/kill-rogue-steamwebhelper

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Sometimes steamwebhelper decides to eat one of my CPU cores. Me no likey, so me killey steamwebhelper.

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Kill Rogue steamwebhelper.exe
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Sometimes steamwebhelper.exe sits at 25% of my CPU usage.
This causes Rocket League to drop frames.
I hate dropping frames.

So I check my task manager, and whaddya know! steamwebhelper.exe is eating one of my four cores.
This causes Rocket Leage to drop frames.
I hate dropping frames.

This program is to keep me from dropping frames. Because...
I hate dropping frames.

This program is cheaper than upgrading my CPU and GPU.

How do I use this amazing thing?
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1. Clone this whole repo
2. Install [node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/download/), and make it available on the `PATH`
2. Open Task Scheduler (Hit the Windows Key, and type `Task Scheduler`)
3. Choose the folder in which you want the new task, and click `Create Task`
a. Set the task's program to be `cmd.exe`
b. Set the task's arguments to be `/c start /min C:\Users\Joseph\Github\kill-rogue-steamwebhelper\kill-rogue-steamwebhelper.bat ^& exit` (except the path into which you downloaded this repo)
c. Set the task's starting location to be `C:\Users\Joseph\Github\kill-rogue-steamwebhelper` (except the path into which you downloaded this repo)
d. Set the task's schedule, etc., and then save the task
5. Click Run, just to test the task

License
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MIT