Windows Search 4.0 for XP

frau kaleun · 03-10-10, 10:50 PM

It was already installed on my new PC when I got it, and I just left it there to see if I would ever use it. I don't. It's one of those programs that wants to start when Windows starts, and (I assume) it does some kind of indexing of everything on your PC whle it runs in the background, including email and whatnot, so you (presumably) can find it quicker when you want it.

The problem I have with it is that usually when I'm searching for something it's a file or folder and I'm assuming that since I don't let the program start with Windows and run in the background, it never does all the indexing it wants to do. Because when I try to search my C drive for something, it tells me I can't because it hasn't been indexed. So I end up using the old Search Companion instead., which works just fine for my needs.

I think I tried uninstalling it but got some warning about shared files or whatever... cancelled the uninstall and never looked into whether or not it would be safe to go ahead with it. But for me, I really prefer the Search function Windows already had.

03-10-10, 10:50 PM	#2
frau kaleun Rear Admiral Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Skyri--oh who are we kidding, I'm probably at Lowe's. Again. Posts: 12,706 Downloads: 168 Uploads: 0	It was already installed on my new PC when I got it, and I just left it there to see if I would ever use it. I don't. It's one of those programs that wants to start when Windows starts, and (I assume) it does some kind of indexing of everything on your PC whle it runs in the background, including email and whatnot, so you (presumably) can find it quicker when you want it. The problem I have with it is that usually when I'm searching for something it's a file or folder and I'm assuming that since I don't let the program start with Windows and run in the background, it never does all the indexing it wants to do. Because when I try to search my C drive for something, it tells me I can't because it hasn't been indexed. So I end up using the old Search Companion instead., which works just fine for my needs. I think I tried uninstalling it but got some warning about shared files or whatever... cancelled the uninstall and never looked into whether or not it would be safe to go ahead with it. But for me, I really prefer the Search function Windows already had.