What is SearchApp.exe , is it a virus ??

Anonymous
2021-12-30T08:12:59+00:00

For some time I feel like my computer is running slow even though it has 8gb of ram. Then I checked my resource monitor and saw SearchApp.exe at using 44 threads and my CPU usage was already at 52%. Please help me out !!

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Performance and system failures

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Anonymous
2022-02-19T06:26:42+00:00

I have 128GB RAM and suddenly I am out or RAM, and it is the SearchApp that took 122GB or RAM. Hey, MSFT, fix that bug!

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Anonymous
2022-02-19T17:16:16+00:00

This SearchApp.exe is literally making my other apps crash because of the amount of resources it is using... How about what ever the heck you all did to this... roll it back...

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-08-19T13:07:22+00:00

    When will SearchApp.exe be fixed so it doesn't hog system resources so that systems become unresponsive?

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-08-14T05:22:27+00:00

    Search app.exe is Microsoft “Cortana” program and drivers

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-08-13T18:23:50+00:00

    Might not be surprised if it takes up 5 TB even. But I'm sure MS won't do anything about it on Windows 10.

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