Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
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msnlext.dll
Windows Search by Microsoft
| Version: | 7.00.6001.18260 (vistasp1_gdr_oobsvc.090524-1500) |
| MD5: | f9b43f074a6cd843b78bb972dfb00e71 |
| SHA1: | 7a55ffc229eadb3f2633dae77165ddd9f1fa2e7e |
| SHA256: | df55ae069b4f3fcc209c7062c9fde10b1bbef75abdea0afc86bbb043550453fa |
What is msnlext.dll?
Windows Search Results View for Windows Search, formerly known as Windows Desktop Search (WDS) is an indexed desktop search platform. Windows Search builds a full-text index of files on a computer. Windows Search features incremental search search. The search service consists of several components, including the Gatherer, the Merger, the Backoff Controller, and the Query Processor, among others.
About msnlext.dll (from Microsoft)
“Windows Search provides an easy and comprehensive solution for finding and organizing the content you care about, whether it's on your PC, in an e-mail message or attachment, on a remote file share,”
Details
| File name: | msnlext.dll |
| Publisher: | Microsoft Corporation |
| Product name: | Windows® Search |
| Description: | Windows Search Results View |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\windows desktop search\msnlext.dll |
| File version: | 7.00.6001.18260 (vistasp1_gdr_oobsvc.090524-1500) |
| Product version: | 7.00.6001.18260 |
| Size: | 583 KB (596,992 bytes) |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following program will install this file
Behaviors
Approved shell extension
Located in the registry at 'SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Approved'
- 'Windows Desktop Search' with CLSID {13E7F612-F261-4391-BEA2-39DF4F3FA311}
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Microsoft Windows XP |
100.00% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 71.43% of Windows® Search.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
39.13% |
|
| Intel |
17.39% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
8.70% |
|
| Gateway |
8.70% |
|
| Toshiba |
8.70% |
|
| Compaq |
4.35% |
|
| Lenovo |
4.35% |
|
| Sahara |
4.35% |
|
| American Megatrends |
2.17% |
|
| Acer |
2.17% |
|
