propsys.dll
Windows Search by Microsoft
This is a Windows system installed file with Windows File Protection (WFP) enabled.
Overview
There are 15 versions of propsys.dll in the wild, the latest version being 7.00.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255). The average file size is about 407.97 KB.
What is propsys.dll?
Microsoft Property System 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 propsys.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
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| File name: | propsys.dll |
| Publisher: | Microsoft Corporation |
| Product name: | Windows® Search |
| Description: | Microsoft Property System |
| Typical file path: | C:\Windows\System32\propsys.dll |
| Original name: | propsys.dll.mui |
Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of propsys.dll, select a unique version for details.)
Hosted services
Runs as a shared service under the Windows svcHost
- Shared name is 'HomeGroupProvider'
- Shared name is 'HomeGroupProvider'
- Shared name is 'HomeGroupProvider'
- Shared name is 'HomeGroupProvider'
- Shared name is 'HomeGroupProvider'
- Shared name is 'HomeGroupProvider'
- Shared name is 'HomeGroupProvider'
- Shared name is 'HomeGroupProvider'
- Shared name is 'HomeGroupProvider'
- Shared name is 'HomeGroupProvider'
- Shared name is 'HomeGroupProvider'
- Shared name is 'HomeGroupProvider'
- Shared name is 'HomeGroupProvider'
- Shared name is 'HomeGroupProvider'
- Shared name is 'HomeGroupProvider'
- Shared name is 'HomeGroupProvider'
- Shared name is 'HomeGroupProvider'
- Shared name is 'HomeGroupProvider'
- Shared name is 'HomeGroupProvider'
- Shared name is 'HomeGroupProvider'
- Shared name is 'HomeGroupProvider'
- Shared name is 'HomeGroupProvider'
All file variations of propsys.dll
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
73.86% |
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| Windows Vista Home Basic |
11.93% |
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| Windows Vista Ultimate |
8.52% |
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| Windows Vista Business |
4.55% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
0.57% |
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| Windows Vista™ Home Premium |
0.57% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 63.01% of Windows® Search.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
28.95% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
19.74% |
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| Toshiba |
14.47% |
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| Sony |
11.84% |
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| Gateway |
9.21% |
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| ASUS |
6.58% |
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| Acer |
4.61% |
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| Lenovo |
1.32% |
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| Intel |
1.32% |
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| GIGABYTE |
0.66% |
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| Packard Bell |
0.66% |
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| Samsung |
0.66% |
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