How do you disable SearchApp.exe from running so that you can enable SLI in the Nvidia Control Panel?

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I'm unable to shut down SearchApp.exe in task manager so that I can enable SLI in the Nvidia control panel. I've performed a clean boot and stopped the Windows Search service.

However as soon as I end task on SearchApp.exe, it automatically restarts. Because of this I'm unable to enable SLI in the Nvidia control panel.

SearchApp.exe is located in C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy

I'm unable to enable SLI if I boot into safe mode. I already tried that.

When I had a version of Windows 10 pre version 2004, I had no problems ending task on everything running that prevented SLI from begin enabled. I did a clean install of Windows 10 last night to fix a problem and now that the problem is fixed, I have a new one. I really hope I don't have to install an older version of Windows 10 and upgrade to get around this problem.

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The previous answer is unlikely to work because Cortana keeps searchapp.exe running all the time (causing cpus to get hot).

The following commands worked for me. You have to paste them into in Administrator-level Command Prompt again and again until the timing is right and the "move" works.

cd %windir%\SystemApps

taskkill /f /im SearchApp.exe

move Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy.old

Optional: to remove Cortana completely (in addition to stopping searchapp.exe), run the following command in Administrator-level Powershell:

Get-AppxPackage -allusers Microsoft.549981C3F5F10 | Remove-AppxPackage

David Spector

Springtime Software

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Anonymous

2021-05-19T14:20:10+00:00

Hi David sorry to bother you and thanks for your answering but I still want to use the original software windows. I don't care health of CPU. Can you teach me how can I reload searchapp.exe.
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Anonymous

2021-05-19T09:34:08+00:00

The previous answer is unlikely to work because Cortana keeps searchapp.exe running all the time (causing cpus to get hot).

The following commands worked for me. You have to paste them into in Administrator-level Command Prompt again and again until the timing is right and the "move" works.

cd %windir%\SystemApps
taskkill /f /im SearchApp.exe
move Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy.old

Optional: to remove Cortana completely (in addition to stopping searchapp.exe), run the following command in Administrator-level Powershell:

Get-AppxPackage -allusers Microsoft.549981C3F5F10 | Remove-AppxPackage

David Spector

Springtime Software

Hi David I deleted searchapp.exe but I want to use my search box. How can I reload searchapp.exe ? Please help me
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Anonymous

2021-05-16T22:44:42+00:00

Sorry, I have no idea. What is "push notification"? Try a Web search, or post your question in a new thread.
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Anonymous

2021-05-16T20:56:05+00:00

Hi David_167,

Your reply has been immensely helpful to regain vital CPU resources and power and heat reduction for my PC post 20H2 upgrade. Many thanks.

Wondering by any chance have you managed to find out how to disable Windows Push Notification. It keeps coming back in some form.

I have no software installed or running on the PC that requires push notification. Am not sure whether it is a Microsoft own software update push notification service tool?. It annoyingly sends request to 20.54.37.73 every 8-10 seconds!
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