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The path to &quot;spuninst.exe&quot; file will change depending on the version of Windows desktop Search installed on your system. To uninstall Windows Desktop Search, use the Uninstaller package from the following locations for the following versions:<br />
Version &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Location<br />
2.6.0.2083 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; %systemroot%\$NtUninstallK<wbr />B907371-V2<wbr />$\spuninst<wbr /><br />
2.6.0.2057 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; %systemroot%\$NtUninstallK<wbr />B907371$\s<wbr />puninst<br />
2.6.5.Beta &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; %systemroot%\$NtUninstallK<wbr />B911993\sp<wbr />uninst<br />

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The path to "spuninst.exe" file will change depending on the version of Windows desktop Search installed on your system. To uninstall Windows Desktop Search, use the Uninstaller package from the following locations for the following versions:
Version                        Location
2.6.0.2083                     %systemroot%\$NtUninstallKB907371-V2$\spuninst
2.6.0.2057                     %systemroot%\$NtUninstallKB907371$\spuninst
2.6.5.Beta                     %systemroot%\$NtUninstallKB911993\spuninst


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I don't have any of those folders. I would like to have it removed from task bar and also the search files and folders layout to be default rather than bringing up the desktop search window
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I don't have any of those folders. I would like to have it removed from task bar and also the search files and folders layout to be default rather than bringing up the desktop search window

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Windows desktop search has appeared on a server I manage windows 2003. I want to remove this and have done so through add/remove programs but the magnifying glass still remains at the clock with waiting to receive indexing. I saw some articles relating to %systemroot%\$NtUninstallK<wbr />B917013$\s<wbr />puninst\sp<wbr />uninst.exe<wbr /> but I do not have this directory (set to show hidden files already
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Windows desktop search has appeared on a server I manage windows 2003. I want to remove this and have done so through add/remove programs but the magnifying glass still remains at the clock with waiting to receive indexing. I saw some articles relating to %systemroot%\$NtUninstallKB917013$\spuninst\spuninst.exe but I do not have this directory (set to show hidden files already

Windows desktop search remove

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).