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Re: Disadvantage disabling SearchApp.exe

From RJH <patchmoney@gmx.com>
Newsgroups alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.comp.microsoft.windows
Subject Re: Disadvantage disabling SearchApp.exe
Date 2023-02-15 08:30 +0000
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On 15 Feb 2023 at 7:23:25 AM, RJH <patchmoney@gmx.com> wrote:
> BTW, what is this "thing" anyway? Is it an executable?

Apparently it's a "directory" of some sort.
But the more important report is that I spoke too soon.
The Valentines Day Windows Update undid some of the clever subterfuge.

I hadn't expected a hundred "SearchApp.exe" threads in the task manager.
But there they are. https://i.postimg.cc/4drfH6ts/clipboard01.jpg

Why are there a hundred searchapp.exe threads doing anything at all?
If the search is properly disabled, why would they be running?

Let me move it so that at least it won't activate all those threads.

Windows+R  cmd {control+shift+enter}
cd %Windir%\SystemApps

C:\Windows\SystemApps> move Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy.bck
                       The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.
                       0 dir(s) moved.

C:\Windows\SystemApps> taskkill /f /im SearchApp.exe
                       SUCCESS: The process "SearchApp.exe" with PID 2384 has been terminated.

C:\Windows\SystemApps> move Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy.bck
                       1 dir(s) moved.

The move seems to have killed the hundred SearchApp.exe threads (how?).
https://i.postimg.cc/y8K3QZdL/clipboard02.jpg

All that was left are the following threads (processes?).
procexp64.exe	1096	Key	HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\WSearchIdxPi\Performance
procexp64.exe	1096	Mutant	\Sessions\1\BaseNamedObjects\WSearchIdxPi_Perf_Library_Lock_PID_448
explorer.exe	4292	DLL	C:\Windows\System32\Windows.Storage.Search.dll
explorer.exe	4292	Key	HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search
explorer.exe	4292	Key	HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{0633EE93-D776-472f-A0FF-E1416B8B2E3A}
explorer.exe	4292	Key	HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Search\CrawlScopeManager\Windows\SystemIndex\SearchRoots
explorer.exe	4292	Key	HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes

The main conundrum is why there were a hundred SearchApp.exe threads?
It seems the only way to stop them, so far anyway, is the original move.
-- 
Cheers, Rob

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Disadvantage disabling SearchApp.exe RJH <patchmoney@gmx.com> - 2023-02-13 05:11 +0000
  Re: Disadvantage disabling SearchApp.exe Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2023-02-13 01:58 -0500
    Re: Disadvantage disabling SearchApp.exe RJH <patchmoney@gmx.com> - 2023-02-14 01:31 +0000
      Re: Disadvantage disabling SearchApp.exe Big Al <Bears@invalid.com> - 2023-02-17 09:22 -0500
  Re: Disadvantage disabling SearchApp.exe Stan Brown <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> - 2023-02-13 06:59 -0800
    Re: Disadvantage disabling SearchApp.exe RJH <patchmoney@gmx.com> - 2023-02-14 01:23 +0000
      Re: Disadvantage disabling SearchApp.exe Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2023-02-13 21:47 -0500
        Re: Disadvantage disabling SearchApp.exe Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2023-02-14 09:12 +0000
          Re: Disadvantage disabling SearchApp.exe RJH <patchmoney@gmx.com> - 2023-02-14 19:52 +0000
            Re: Disadvantage disabling SearchApp.exe Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2023-02-14 20:27 +0000
              Re: Disadvantage disabling SearchApp.exe RJH <patchmoney@gmx.com> - 2023-02-15 07:23 +0000
                Re: Disadvantage disabling SearchApp.exe RJH <patchmoney@gmx.com> - 2023-02-15 08:30 +0000
                Re: Disadvantage disabling SearchApp.exe Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2023-02-15 11:21 -0500
                Re: Disadvantage disabling SearchApp.exe RJH <patchmoney@gmx.com> - 2023-02-15 16:56 +0000
                Re: Disadvantage disabling SearchApp.exe Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2023-02-15 14:31 -0500
                Re: Disadvantage disabling SearchApp.exe RJH <patchmoney@gmx.com> - 2023-02-15 19:57 +0000
                Re: Disadvantage disabling SearchApp.exe Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2023-02-15 19:04 -0500
                Re: Disadvantage disabling SearchApp.exe Ken Blake <Ken@invalid.news.com> - 2023-02-15 08:47 -0700
                Re: Disadvantage disabling SearchApp.exe gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2023-02-15 09:23 -0800
                Re: Disadvantage disabling SearchApp.exe Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2023-02-15 14:56 -0500
                Re: Disadvantage disabling SearchApp.exe gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2023-02-15 12:09 -0800
                Re: Disadvantage disabling SearchApp.exe Codger <codger@mailinator.com> - 2023-02-17 13:42 +0000
        Re: Disadvantage disabling SearchApp.exe Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com> - 2023-02-15 17:03 -0600

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