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  1. Windows Search Protocol Host Error Message - Super User

    Jan 26, 2019 · On investigation using the Windows Task Manager, I found out it has something to do with SearchProtocolHost.exe (something to do with Windows Search). and it seems to only occur …

  2. How do I stop the Microsoft Windows Search Procotol Host popup, to …

    May 18, 2019 · The Search Protocol Host might be prompting for credentials from older, inactive mail accounts. In Windows 10 the Search Protocol Host is now indexing data files from all Outlook …

  3. How to properly turn off Outlook / Windows Search …

    Jul 9, 2015 · Process Monitor reveals that they're created by SearchProtocolHost.exe, but only when Outlook is running. The files themselves are just registry exports of the Outlook Profiles: …

  4. How to prevent Windows SearchProtocolHost from accessing drive ...

    Jul 15, 2025 · SearchProtocolHost.exe is reading files on drive X: (my File History drive) even though it is not included in indexed locations. I've navigated all the way down into the files shown in Resource …

  5. Windows-Forum Wechsel zu Microsoft Q&A

    Oct 5, 2016 · Wir freuen uns, Ihnen mitteilen zu können, dass das Windows-Forum bald ausschließlich für Microsoft Q&A verfügbar sein wird . Diese Änderung ermöglicht uns eine optimierte und …

  6. SearchProtocolHost - Microsoft Community

    Ciao a tutti, è già da qualche giorno che l'accesso controllato delle cartelle mi blocca il processo SearchProtocolHost.exe, cosa dite, lo posso consentire per non avere continue notifiche?Grazie.

  7. What Is Windows Search Indexer (SearchIndexer.exe) and Why Is It …

    May 20, 2023 · The executable is SearchIndexer.exe, and is found in "C:\Windows\System32." To get more information about Search Indexer, right-click the process name in Task Manager and select …

  8. How to stop Microsoft Search Indexer at all - Super User

    Oct 10, 2017 · Together with the Search Protocol host it starts again and again. I moved the SearchDatabase to another SSD of mine to release some pressure from my windows drive, but it still …

  9. Windows 10 - Firewall - Outbound rule to allow access for one service ...

    Dec 5, 2023 · What I noticed: svchost.exe (service "DnsCache") performs a DNS query. It is allowed because of a firewall rule that only uses the target port and the protocol. svchost.exe (service …

  10. Can windows search indexer prevent file from deleting?

    I know that when windows processes open files for reading, they lock them. How does Windows indexer do that? Can it prevent the file from being deleted in addition to slowing everything down? Can my