Win10 "Data Usage" app hangs

Question

The "Data Usage" Win10 app runs fine on most workstations, except one that get stuck with the message "Loading, please wait. First launch after install might take a while" - any ideas how I could fix this problem?

Answer 1

Hi,

Thanks for posting in Q&A platform.

Please kindly try the following methods and check if the issue can be resolved.

1. Reinstall Setting app
Press Windows+X > Click Windows Powershell (Admin) > Copy the following command and paste into Powershell > Enter > Reboot your computer

Get-AppXPackage -Name Windows.Immersivecontrolpanel | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}

2. Re-register All apps (You will get many reds, ignore them)
Type Powershell in Windows Start Search box > Right click on Windows Powershell > Run As Administrator > Paste the following command in the PowerShell window and press Enter

Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}

Reboot your computer

3. For Testing only - Create a New User Account and login with this new User Account to rule out corruption in user profile
Press Windows+R > Type lusrmgr.msc and Enter > In the lusrmgr window, right click Users and select New user > Fill the new user required information and click Create > One the new user account is created, sign-out from your account and sign-in to new user account.

Best Regards,
Sunny

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Answer 2

Hi @Jacques Farges - RF ,

Thank you very much for your feedback.

Please help verify if the Data Usage is under Settings as the following screenshot. As far as I know, Data Usage is a built-in feature in Windows.

Meanwhile, if you'd like to check how much data your apps are using over a normal network versus a metered network, you can see some of this information in the Task Manager.

And here is an article talking about Monitor your data usage in Windows 10 for your reference, please kindly check if it was helpful to you.

Monitor your data usage in Windows 10

Best Regards,
Sunny

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Answer 3

It turned out that I had installed some third party "Data Usage" app, I uninstalled it and just used the built in "Data Usage" feature. So I am able to get Data Usage stats now. But there are 2 issues with this:

1] I have found the following: If I look at my data usage for our household, then I try to add up the usage of all my Windows PCs, android devices, and Apple music devices, I can't get to the total for the household. So I cannot determine where my usage excess is coming from. I think this is because I haven't searched hard enough how to get data usage info for android devices and apple music devices. :) . Perhaps there is a feature in my router. Or I can install Solar Wind Orion :)

Also, I suspect that the Data Usage feature in Windows does not fully capture fully my laptop's data usage. For example, yesterday, I spent many hours on a remote desktop session over my company's VPN connection, yet I don't see anything in the data usage wrt "Remote Desktop" or "VPN", unless it's hidden inside of the bandwidth used for "System"?

Answer 4

Hi @Jacques Farges - RF ,

Thank you very much for your feedback.

If the Data Usage on Windows 10 cannot achieve your goals, you can also use some useful third-party software to record data usage on Windows 10. For example Networx data monitor or Glasswire.

For more details, please refer to the following links:

Networx data monitor

Glasswire

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The third-party product discussed here is manufactured by a company that is independent of Microsoft. We make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding this product's performance or reliability.)

Hope my answer will help you!

Best Regards,
Sunny

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