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Windows Search Won't Start
Windows Search in Win7 64bit has stopped working. I am unable to Start the Service. StartUp Type is set to Automatic.
I am not sure but I suspect this started after a recent Windows Update.
When I try to start the service, I get a message that says, "Windows could not start the Windows Search service on Local Computer." "Error 2: The system cannot find the file specified."
However, WindowsSearch.exe is indeed in C:\Windows\System32 folder.
When I ran SFC on WindowsSearch.exe and on srvsvc.dll, no problems were reported.
In fact, running SFC on the entire system returned no problems or errors.
In Windows Features, both Indexing Service and Windows Search are checked.
In /Control Panel/Indexing Options, "Indexing is not running."
When I run, "Troubleshoot search and indexing," I get the messages:
"Incorrect permissions on Windows Search directories"
"Windows Search service not running"
I could not find the Windows Search directories.
I would be so very grateful for help with this ... I'm losing hair rapidly !!!!!!!
Thank you, Bill