Should I block it?
60% of PCs block this file from running.
Possible reason:
Performance resource utilization
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WindowsSearch.exe
Windows Search System Tray by Microsoft
| Version: | 7.0.6001.16503 (longhorn(wmbla).080526-2159) |
| MD5: | b5c9f63c01fcfec3f64ec6a0940a1825 |
| SHA1: | 8fccdad65d501c932514714d29664d8af3e5b785 |
| SHA256: | 257e4dc81089f3dea1600c45ff85b387b2c7ce318a489d33815aad268842b508 |
Overview
windowssearch.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges. During installation, it (or a shortcut) is added to the user's startup folder which is designed to automatically launch when the user logs into Windows. It is installed with a couple of know programs including OpenOffice.org 3.2 published by OpenOffice.org and Windows Desktop Search published by Microsoft Corporation. and is compiled as a 32 bit program.
Details
| File name: | windowssearch.exe |
| Publisher: | Microsoft Corporation |
| Product name: | Windows Search System Tray |
| Description: | Microsoft® Windows® Operating System |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\windows desktop search\windowssearch.exe |
| File version: | 7.0.6001.16503 (longhorn(wmbla).080526-2159) |
| Product version: | 7.0.6001.16503 |
| Size: | 121 KB (123,904 bytes) |
| Digital DNA |
| PE subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C++ |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
Apache OpenOffice (AOO) is an open-source office productivity software suite containing word processor, spreadsheet, presentation, graphics, formula editor, and database management applications. OpenOffice's default file format is the OpenDocument Format (ODF), an ISO/IEC standard. It can also handle other file formats including those from Microsoft Office. OpenOffice runs on several operating systems. Although originally written in C++...
Behaviors
User start menu folder
Shortcut pointer placed in '%appdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu'
- Shortcut to 'windowssearch.exe'
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00094240% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00050230% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00044010% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 2,074 ms/min | |
| Context switches: | 24/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 8.02 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 10.73 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 2.26 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 8.02 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 82.97 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 84.42 MB | |
| Working set: | 3.49 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 12.26 MB | |
| Page faults: | 12,524/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 13.98 KB/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 0 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 138 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 1/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 10 | |
| Handles: | 255 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 175 | |
| GUI USER count: | 70 | |
Process properties
| Tray notification: | Yes |
| Integrety level: | Undefined |
| Platform: | 32-bit |
| Command lines: |
- "C:\Program Files\windows desktop search\windowssearch.exe" /startup
- "C:\Program Files\windows desktop search\windowssearch.exe" /url "search-mC:query="
- "C:\Program Files\windows desktop search\windowssearch.exe"
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| Owner: | User |
| Parent process: | Explorer.EXE (Windows Explorer by Microsoft) |
Threads
Averages
| WindowsSearch.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00115343% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00041842% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00073501% | |
| Context switches: | 7/sec | |
| Memory: | 136 KB | |
| ole32.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00073662% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00069453% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00004209% | |
| Memory: | 1.24 MB | |
| uncdms.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00044040% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00023599% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00020442% | |
| Context switches: | 2/sec | |
| Memory: | 160 KB | |
Common loaded modules
These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Microsoft Windows XP |
100.00% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 60.00% of Windows Search System Tray.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
58.06% |
|
| Intel |
12.90% |
|
| Compaq |
6.45% |
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| Lenovo |
6.45% |
|
| Gateway |
6.45% |
|
| American Megatrends |
3.23% |
|
| Sahara |
3.23% |
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| Acer |
3.23% |
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