How to Resolve High CPU Usage by Windows Foundation Driver in Windows 11

Open Command Prompt as administrator.
Copy and paste this command and hit Enter:
sfc /scannow
Wait for the scan to finish.
As soon as it finishes, Windows will report whether integrity violations were found and if they could be fixed. Regardless of the outcome, use these commands next, pressing Enter after each:
Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth
Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth
Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth
Close down the Command Prompt and reboot your PC
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Type cmd in Windows search.
Right-click on Command Prompt and pick Run as administrator.
User Account Control will ask you whether you want to allow changes - click Yes.
Copy and paste the following commands one by one in Command Prompt and press Enter after each:
net stop bits
net stop wuauserv
net stop appidsvc
net stop cryptsvc
Del “%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\Microsoft\Network\Downloader\*.*”
rmdir %systemroot%\SoftwareDistribution /S /Q
rmdir %systemroot%\system32\catroot2 /S /Q
regsvr32.exe /s atl.dll
regsvr32.exe /s urlmon.dll
regsvr32.exe /s mshtml.dll
netsh winsock reset
netsh winsock reset proxy
net start bits
net start wuauserv
net start appidsvc
net start cryptsvc
Restart your device and see if the update can be installed.
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