Windows 11 is renowned for its power, versatility, and customization options, but many users may not realize just how many background processes are constantly running, silently impacting system resources—especially battery life. Among these, the Windows Search Indexer stands out as a prime...
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On my 64bit Win 7 system there is a big file
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Applications\Windows\windows.edb
As far as I have read its the index file for the built-in windows indexing service.
Hmm, where can I disable this service in "Services"? There is no such service
On the other...
I was using Vista x32 Home Premium, WDS4 and IFilter to index text content in 20,000 PDFs with no problems.
I just installed Windows 7 RC x64, which is supposed to have the WDS4 functionality built-in. I have swicthed on pdf content indexing in the Indexer control panel, enabled content...
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