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Windows Forum / Windows XP / Customization / October 2007Want to remove Desktop search of microsoft
After installing updates for my Win XP Professional I found that I have got Desktop search panel on my taskbar. I tried to remove it using add-remove program but there is no entry there. I also tried to block it using msconfig, but no use... Can anyone help me in getting rid of this desktop search which neither like nor use. I tried to contact technical support of microsoft through email, but got message that i need paid support to contact them :-( Its strange to know that i need to pay microsoft for removing a piece of software which they have installed it on my machine without my permission... Please help me. Thanks in advance. -Ajay. > After installing updates for my Win XP Professional I found that I have > got [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > like > nor use. Shows in my Add/remove Programs - as Windows desktop search 3.1..... yes thats working....I was able to find it using the name given by you. Thanks for giving your time. -Ajay. > > After installing updates for my Win XP Professional I found that I have > > got [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Shows in my Add/remove Programs - as Windows desktop search 3.1..... > yes thats working....I was able to find it using the name given by you. > Thanks for giving your time. > -Ajay. YW! "Gordon" <gbplinux@gmail.com.invalid> wrote in news:uUCMdewFIHA.3360 @TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl: >> yes thats working....I was able to find it using the name given by you. >> Thanks for giving your time. >> -Ajay. > > YW! After you remove it, it will come back with your next batch pf updates - you will need to choose "custom" install and uncheck it, then tell it not to ask you again. Does the desktop search thing actually do anything useful? On my system, it would only find a very few files even if I searched for filenames or contents that I knew there were lots of that should match. And I already knew where my files were, anyway. > Does the desktop search thing actually do anything useful? On my system, > it would only find a very few files even if I searched for filenames or > contents that I knew there were lots of that should match. And I already > knew where my files were, anyway. Probably it hasn't indexed many files yet. So far, mine does very little - I think it is because it has indexed so few files. Once all the files have been indexed (which it does when your computer is idle, and might take days) you can probably do a very powerful search, just like Google Desktop. > Shows in my Add/remove Programs - as Windows desktop search 3.1..... Thank you Gordon. What I would REALLY like, though is to be able to set a preference that the old search tool (called "Search Companion") be my default search, but that desktop search be available if I want it. Sadly, that doesn't seem possible. Or is it, and I am missing something? >After installing updates for my Win XP Professional I found that I have got >Desktop search panel on my taskbar. I tried to remove it using add-remove [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > >-Ajay. That worked great, but how do I get the old "search" back? |
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