Microsoft windows search filter host is burning my cpu usage.

Anonymous
2012-11-05T09:44:11+00:00

Original Title: Microsoft windows search filter host

Microsoft windows search filter host is burning my cpu usage.

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Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Performance and system failures

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Anonymous
2015-04-13T14:46:53+00:00

Had the same problem and DiaconuDaniel's solution worked for me as well - took a while to recreate the index but then everything was fine - Thanks

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-04-14T07:16:40+00:00

    Press “windows key + W” on your keyboard. b. Type Indexing Options, and select indexing options from the search d) Click Modify. e) Remove ALL locations

    If you need a good search alternative, a Microsoft tech recommended voidtools.com's Search Everything to me, and it is much better than the Windows search engine.

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-02-18T18:00:17+00:00

    Hey,

    So on my new laptop with windows 8 which I then upgraded to 8.1. I had the same issue for the longest time my cpu usage wasnt as high as 50% but it was still running my fan very fast producing alot of heat. I found out after fevernt searching that this program is automatic at startup and has a watch dog process built in which causes is to restart automatically. After tedious hours I found this post:

    http://www.groovypost.com/howto/microsoft/what-is-searchindexer-exe/

    it allowed me to change the preference of the program and it instantly dropped my CPU usage to about 3 percent.

    Hope you can find it useful too

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-01-13T20:23:36+00:00

    Hi Renlar,

    you might want to add NetBeans project folders to your list. I havent figured out which files in particular yet, but indexing blocked in the NetBeans Project folders for me

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-12-28T23:49:58+00:00

    I had the same problem and the advice on this page didn't help that much. troubleshooter was obviously incapable of finding a "problem" after literally hours of high cpu usage on my laptop.

    Try this:

    go to control panel... choose to view as small icons... then select indexing options

    or search for indexing options

    open it

    advanced

    choose rebuild from the troubleshooting section (DOH)

    it would seem that an error in the index is causing this high cpu usage. I'm no expert but this solved the problem for me. windows search momentarily doesn't work... but the index is rebuilding so it will be ok.

    it has nothing to do with indexing locations... I added the entire drive in the index and cpu usage dropped immediately after choosing to rebuild to 5%-10%.

    there is a way of uninstalling windows search from programs in control panel. it's just a windows "feature". but I would advise against this as I have already tried that... and the windows 8.1 menu seems a little sluggish after this (also the OS in general).

    Worked for me! cpu was cranking at 85-90 percent. Now it is running at 0-1 percent. Thank you!

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