Disable Windows Search indexing
Also searched as: windows search · indexing · searchindexer
What it does
Stops the file indexer service.
The honest verdict
Graded placebo. Near-zero on SSD/NVMe (the common case) and it breaks instant Start-menu search. Only old HDD systems see real relief — which is exactly the only case Compy suggests it.
Compy won't recommend it. If you're curious anyway: change one thing at a time, measure it on your own rig, and revert unless it's clearly better — that loop is exactly what Compy is built around.
The full graded entry
This entry ships inside the app, cross-linked to every related verdict in the graded book. The Blackbook publishes its verdicts here — the full write-ups stay in the book, on your rig, next to your own measurements.
The Compy Blackbook holds 191 graded entries like this one, judged against your hardware — and every change it does make is reversible, with the receipt to prove it.
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