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Windows Search

Default Description:

Provides content indexing and property caching for file, email and other content (via extensibility APIs). The service responds to file and email notifications to index modified content. If the service is stopped or disabled, the Explorer will not be able to display virtual folder views of items, and search in the Explorer will fall back to item-by-item slow search.

Additional Information:

None at this time.

Additional Reading:

None at this time.

Discussion Topic Link:

http://bbs.blackviper.com/index.php/topic,691.0.html

Defaults Startup Type:

Default Vista Home Basic: Automatic (Started)
Default Vista Home Premium: Automatic (Started)
Default Vista Business: Automatic (Started)
Default Vista Ultimate: Automatic (Started)

Other Settings:

Safe Setting: Automatic

Service Names:

Service Name (registry): Wsearch

Display Name: Windows Search

Default Path and Command Line Options:

C:\Windows\system32\SearchIndexer.exe /Embedding

Log On As:

Account: Local System account

Dependencies:

What service Windows Search needs to function properly:

What other service require Windows Search to function properly:

  • None

 

 

Original content created: March 22, 2007

Most recent update: April 1, 2008

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