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!
What is SearchApp.exe , is it a virus ??
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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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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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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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2022-08-14T05:22:27+00:00 Search app.exe is Microsoft “Cortana” program and drivers
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2022-08-17T12:16:35+00:00 Whenever I reinstalled windows 10, I always turn off Indexing.
- Open Windows Explorer
- Right click on C:
- Choose Properties
- Uncheck "Allow files on this drive to have contents indexed"
- Download this software Search Everything from this website https://www.voidtools.com/
The search result is much more instant and light weight!