Monday, November 17, PM. So my three-step guide for removing WS4 from XP goes like this: 1. Check Add Remove Programs and try and uninstall there. Wednesday, November 19, AM. Thanks again, Jim. Wednesday, November 19, PM. Thursday, November 20, PM. Tim 0. Thank you Friday, December 5, AM. Now here are the reasons why this piece of ship-it needs evacuation. Windows Desktop Search has got to go. Someone tell me how. Sunday, December 14, AM.
Friday, March 13, PM. Wednesday, June 10, PM. Hi All,. I am using Windows Vista SP2. I deleted Windows Search 4. Please help! Tuesday, June 16, PM. Thanks a lot for this simple and most effective solution! Tuesday, July 7, AM. Friday, July 24, AM. I have tried everything here but to no avail. None of the KB I use Google Desktop Search and I'm happy with that.
I don't need another desktop search program. Google doesn't chew up my computer resources while I'm using the computer to work. Why does Microsoft push unwanted software unto their clients' machines that wastes their computer resources so seriously? This is not the way to become popular. Thursday, September 3, PM. That does it. That's what contains Windows Desktop Search. That's a real nuisance of a name as it means one has to look under "B" to remove a program known as MSN.
I hope I finally got rid of it after rebooting. Good riddance. The message telling the user to remove previous versions of Windows Desktop Search before V4 can be installed is very badly written, as it should point to MSN Search Toolbar.
Thanks for your simple direction on how to remove Windows Search window. Friday, May 14, PM. Typical microsoft for you! Right up there with trying to install Microsoft updates and it stops to ask you if you're sure and if you trust where it's coming from. Friday, August 27, PM. That I believe! Dave Woods's answer was helpful to me. Paste into the new text file the following lines starting below..
Reg [Del. Save the text file. Follow the on-screen prompted, to complete the uninstall. Reboot That's it. Another hot tip from Paulie D. Thursday, September 9, AM. Dave's option 3: - below did the trick for me!! Thanks Dave! Thursday, January 13, PM. Saturday, April 23, AM. Friday, September 2, AM. This is absolutely awful software. Friday, September 9, AM. Friday, October 7, PM. Sunday, October 30, PM. How can I make it so the search option pane is always there?
I don't think you can get the search option pane to work the way you want but hey, I'm the first to admit I don't know everything ; it seems clear that Microsoft wants us to use the advanced syntax for our searches, so we would be specifying all options in the search query string. Yes, I agree that it's kind of ludicrous to have to remember a whole arbitrary search syntax to be able to use the Windows Search facility effectively. Worth considering as an alternative to Windows Search for content searches , if you really like to be confident that the results you see are trustworthy, is this tool: grepWin by Stefan.
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