

So there is only one last option that I can think of but haven’t tried yet: deleting C:_* folder and be done with it? But I don’t want to get more trouble than I already have, and I run:įrequently, although these commands almost never fixed any issue I wanted it to fix(about once in 50 times or so), they do a good job fixing things I wanted to get rid of(don’t ask me how would I know), and that demon is in C:Windows I am pretty sure it will be fixed. See that service highlighted in blue and enclosed by red rectangle? That is WSearch, properly disabled.ģ.gpedit.msc Currently Search folder is somehow missing in gpedit.msc Windows Components, downloaded(& installed) Administrative Templates for Windows 10 20H2, didn’t work, found gpsvc wasn’t running and fixed it and restarted but still can’t find Search folder so no screenshot, but I did disable search and specifically “Allow Cortana”, but I still can’t disable Search app. Here are what I have tried (and failed) to kill it so far:Īs you see, I have already disabled Cortana, yet the command line shows it is started by Cortana. That annoying little monster just won’t die, everytime I kill it, it restarts, reconsumes precious system resources until it gets satisfied with 50% CPU usage and lets itself be suspended. I really am very literate in computer sciences, I have literally no use of all the garbages like Windows Search, Search App and Cortana. That useless resource-hogging perverse modern app, everytime I start my computer, it autostarts, consumes lots of RAM and CPU until it reaches 50% CPU usage and gets suspended by the system. Saurav is associated with IT industry and computers for more than a decade and is writing on The Geek Page on topics revolving on windows 10 and softwares. Choose startup type as disabled from the dropdown. Step 3 – Now, find windows search entry from the list. Step 1 – Search services.msc in windows 10 taskbar search.

To start it manually again execute the command:- Disable windows 10 search permanently Note – This only disables it temporarily and it starts itself again as soon as windows reboot next time. Step 2 – Execute the command given below. To Open Command prompt as admin, search cmd in windows 10 search and right click on the search result and click on run as administrator. Step 1 – Open command prompt as administrator. Most of the times, it is done to improve windows 10 performance as windows 10 search services eats up a lot of memory in background. Although windows 10 search will still function. If you disable windows 10 search, the search indexing and caching functionality will be disabled. Here in this article, i will tell you how to disable windows 10 search services.
