File purpose and description:

WindowsSearch.exe is a file which may have been installed on your system by you or installed with another program or package, or it most likely arrived preinstalled on your computer. The actual hard drive location and folder is also listed below, always verify where its located on your hard drive, as this makes sure it is not spyware, adware, or virus related. Sometimes the spyware or virus writers simply place a similiar or same named file elsewhere on your computer hoping to fool you. This file is from Microsoft and it is the Windows desktop icon search tray. You will see it in your system tray in the bottom right of your screen, and this is most likely in your startup based on the shortcut in your startup folder. This file is considered safe and is not spyware or adwaer related. (See the details below for the actual location of this file.)

Actual file or task name:
windowssearch.exe

File type:
This is an executable file.

File or folder location:
This program is located at H:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start

General information:
Be aware that many tasks will be similiar names to existing tasks or processes. You can always view the running tasks on your computer by pressing ctrl-alt-del to view the windows "task manager", and then view the "processes" tab. This will show you all tasks running or currently active on your PC. Although this shows you all running tasks, it does not show dll file thats are loaded, as they get loaded as part of other processes. Many spyware writers attempt to hide their files on your computer, for example, windowssearch.exe may be intentionally misspelled to look like a similiar task, or spyware may be named very similiar to a Windows system task. The reason they do this is so you cannot easily recognize the name in your tasklist as I have mentioned above. Make sure always check the location of the file if you are concerned. You can always find the location of windowssearch.exe on your computer by using your Windows search options, but I will also try to list the file location of every file described on this website, so you can verify the correct location. You can view the entire tasklist directory with the link below.

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