Hi,

Can you take a look at this please?

Windows Search service won't start - is there a folder I can empty somewhere to solve this?

Events logged:

Log Name: System
Source: Service Control Manager
Date: 01/09/2020 18:38:04
Log Name: System
Source: Service Control Manager
Date: 01/09/2020 18:37:03
Event ID: 7000
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: computername.domain.suffix
Description:
The Windows Search service failed to start due to the following error:
The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion.
Event Xml:



7000
0
2
0
0
0x8080000000000000

169586


System
computername.domain.suffix



Windows Search
%%1053
57005300650061007200630068000000




Event ID: 7034
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: computername.domain.suffix
Description:
The Windows Search service terminated unexpectedly. It has done this 22 time(s).
Event Xml:



7034
0
2
0
0
0x8080000000000000

169592


System
computername.domain.suffix



Windows Search
22
57005300650061007200630068000000

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Have you tried the usual?

sfc /scannow

you can also change the start-up timeouts here:  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ and set the time out to 300 or 600 seconds to see if that helps.

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