Process Detail

What is SearchProtocolHost.exe ?

SearchProtocolHost.exe is a executable software module that may have been preinstalled on your computer. The exact folder location for this file is also listed below

C:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost…

This software program is from Microsoft, and you may see this running continuously in the background on your tasklist. If you see this and see it consuming a huge amount of resources (or if it is slowing your computer down, you can run services.msc and disable it). This was an old issue that Microsoft was reportedly trying to fix, so hopefully this is no longer an issue. You may see this appear in your tasklist if you recently installed Microsoft software (like Microsoft Office, etc.). This software file is considered safe and is not virus or spyware related
Our systems analysis:
SearchProtocolHost.exe is known as Windows? Search, it also has the following name Windows® Search or Microsoft® Windows® Operating System and it is developed by Microsoft Corporation . We have seen about 100 different instances of SearchProtocolHost.exe in different location.
SearchProtocolHost.exe

Something wrong with SearchProtocolHost.exe ?

Is SearchProtocolHost.exe using too much CPU or memory ? It's probably your file has been infected with a virus. Let try the program named DriverIdentifier to see if it helps.

How to remove SearchProtocolHost.exe

goto Start / Run and in the box type services.msc and press enter click OK.
Go down to Windows Search and double click on it.
Stop the service and then disable it from starting

What can you do to fix SearchProtocolHost.exe ?

Let try to run a system scan with Speed Up My PC to see any error, then you can do some other troubleshooting steps.
If you think this is a driver issue, please try DriverDouble.com

Where do we see SearchProtocolHost.exe ?

Here is the list of instances that we see for the process: SearchProtocolHost.exe

  Path Product Name Vendor Version Size MD5
1 C:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Windows? Search Microsoft Corporation 7.00.7600.16385 16435 89ED7C028A487340B7D93D5A38FDCB54
2 C:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Windows® Search Microsoft Corporation 7.00.6002.18005 18534 B5EF1DA337DB9859709A387638AC5E07
3 C:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Windows® Search Microsoft Corporation 7.00.7601.17610 16435 E1AC89F6C5252057E6062843E36A6701
4 C:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Windows® Search Microsoft Corporation 7.00.7600.16808 16435 5D66CBCDA60ECCE893B8E69BD5F23F92
5 C:\WINNT\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Microsoft Corporation 7.0.6001.16503 18483 C4894B3B448B647BEDC9E916D181BDBE
6 C:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Windows® Search Microsoft Corporation 7.00.7100.19 16435 7E69464E93A54E86EF31C5CEF7950859
7 C:\WINDOWS\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Microsoft Corporation 7.0.6001.16503 18483 C4894B3B448B647BEDC9E916D181BDBE
8 C:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6000.16386 20428 2A0B63014AD1ED027D47A58C89F4A1AA
9 C:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Windows® Search Microsoft Corporation 7.00.7600.16401 16435 7372D2A811BD4BB22880C93261800146
10 C:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6001.18000 17920 7A99D75362812EB91871FCFC55921304
11 C:\Windows\sysWow64\SearchProtocolHost.exe Windows® Search Microsoft Corporation 7.00.7601.17610 16435 E1AC89F6C5252057E6062843E36A6701
12 C:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Windows® Search Microsoft Corporation 7.00.8102.0 21862 BB8F3749BE81C14A85A5A6FF03F64D40
13 C:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Windows® Search Microsoft Corporation 7.00.7600.16385 15667 F8F2BCCEA7C87A1004D0B5ACBD1384A3
14 D:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Windows® Search Microsoft Corporation 7.00.7600.16385 16435 89ED7C028A487340B7D93D5A38FDCB54
15 C:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Windows® Search Microsoft Corporation 7.00.7600.16385 19200 570FED8686FFD8E03D3909C8165D55FF
16 C:\Windows\sysWow64\SearchProtocolHost.exe Windows® Search Microsoft Corporation 7.00.7600.16385 16435 89ED7C028A487340B7D93D5A38FDCB54
17 C:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Windows® Search Microsoft Corporation 7.00.7600.16385 19200 1DECC626A6AA021958A02C04CB04829E
18 C:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Windows? Search Microsoft Corporation 7.00.7600.16385 19200 314F51D567FBD85F9E87BD0926BE810D
19 C:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Windows® Search Microsoft Corporation 7.00.7100.0 16435 10A992DEE1C9B590F4BB8B1009D596F2
20 C:\WINDOWS\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6000.16431 18278 4B0EA20D942AF11584D2D72A8419E3CB
21 C:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Windows® Search Microsoft Corporation 7.00.7227.0 16435 235BF00B9B1053C1961E5C0F8021D39E
22 F:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Windows® Search Microsoft Corporation 7.00.7601.17610 16435 E1AC89F6C5252057E6062843E36A6701
23 E:\WINDOWS\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Microsoft Corporation 7.0.6001.16503 18483 C4894B3B448B647BEDC9E916D181BDBE
24 H:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Windows® Search Microsoft Corporation 7.00.7600.16385 16435 89ED7C028A487340B7D93D5A38FDCB54
25 C:\WINXP\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Microsoft Corporation 7.0.6001.16503 18483 C4894B3B448B647BEDC9E916D181BDBE
26 D:\WINDOWS\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Microsoft Corporation 7.0.6001.16503 18483 C4894B3B448B647BEDC9E916D181BDBE
27 C:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Windows® Search Microsoft Corporation 7.00.7600.16385 19200 22D6F1A33AFA8D080D278021EAD65DC5
28 D:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Windows® Search Microsoft Corporation 7.00.7601.17610 16435 E1AC89F6C5252057E6062843E36A6701
29 C:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Windows® Search Microsoft Corporation 7.00.7601.21720 16435 A2171001C7B7BAE85B70685E234E7340
30 F:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Windows® Search Microsoft Corporation 7.00.7600.16385 16435 89ED7C028A487340B7D93D5A38FDCB54
31 C:\WINDOWS.0\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Microsoft Corporation 7.0.6001.16503 18483 C4894B3B448B647BEDC9E916D181BDBE
32 E:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Windows® Search Microsoft Corporation 7.00.7601.17610 16435 E1AC89F6C5252057E6062843E36A6701
33 G:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Windows® Search Microsoft Corporation 7.00.7600.16385 16435 89ED7C028A487340B7D93D5A38FDCB54
34 G:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Windows® Search Microsoft Corporation 7.00.7600.16808 16435 5D66CBCDA60ECCE893B8E69BD5F23F92
35 C:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Windows® Search Microsoft Corporation 7.00.7077.0 16435 78B828CB315D55AC08334D27455170C3
36 F:\WINDOWS\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Microsoft Corporation 7.0.6001.16503 18483 C4894B3B448B647BEDC9E916D181BDBE
37 C:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Windows® Search Microsoft Corporation 7.00.7600.16385 19200 CF375EB6946B2A8D668DEE356A3AEEFC
38 C:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Windows® Search Microsoft Corporation 7.00.7260.0 16435 449997FE94112A876908BD0F09A0CAE3
39 E:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Windows® Search Microsoft Corporation 7.00.7600.16808 16435 5D66CBCDA60ECCE893B8E69BD5F23F92
40 C:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Windows® Search Microsoft Corporation 7.00.7600.16808 20531 B6741DBB357B7783896C6993BCDEE9A4
41 H:\WINDOWS\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Microsoft Corporation 7.0.6001.16503 18483 C4894B3B448B647BEDC9E916D181BDBE
42 C:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Windows® Search Microsoft Corporation 7.00.7600.16400 16435 3BEC42501D2EF182C8009BD0CBDDE540
43 D:\WINDOWS.0\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Microsoft Corporation 7.0.6001.16503 18483 C4894B3B448B647BEDC9E916D181BDBE
44 E:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Windows® Search Microsoft Corporation 7.00.7600.16385 16435 89ED7C028A487340B7D93D5A38FDCB54
45 C:\Windows\sysWow64\SearchProtocolHost.exe Windows® Search Microsoft Corporation 7.00.6002.18005 18534 B5EF1DA337DB9859709A387638AC5E07
46 L:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Windows® Search Microsoft Corporation 7.00.7600.16385 16435 89ED7C028A487340B7D93D5A38FDCB54
47 J:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Microsoft Corporation 7.0.6001.16503 18483 C4894B3B448B647BEDC9E916D181BDBE
48 C:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Windows® Search Microsoft Corporation 7.00.7264.0 16435 E7D0FEBC0053EBBE32366E0CA861BE49
49 C:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Windows® Search Microsoft Corporation 7.00.7600.16385 19200 355F7F41954280EE20F707E1B848EC3B
50 C:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Windows® Search Microsoft Corporation 7.00.7000.0 16384 5BBB37F90D9490CE6D8E527860FF53B5
51 C:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Microsoft Corporation 6.1.6801.0 16281 E1E1E39F0295D877EDEC846F3ADCBD74
52 C:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Windows? Search Microsoft Corporation 7.00.7600.16385 16435 8DD8D443296AE6973CD38687779FE22C
53 D:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Windows® Search Microsoft Corporation 7.00.7600.16808 16435 5D66CBCDA60ECCE893B8E69BD5F23F92
54 C:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6000.16386 23193 FA923130CE8A226C75B5E936F739F338
55 C:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Windows® Search Microsoft Corporation 7.00.7600.16808 19200 51A49386AD8100541E809A961D93B76B
56 C:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6000.20499 20428 6F120DB4262ADA8525C36B0A93936074
57 D:\WINDOWS\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6000.16431 18278 4B0EA20D942AF11584D2D72A8419E3CB
58 D:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Windows® Search Microsoft Corporation 7.00.7600.16401 16435 7372D2A811BD4BB22880C93261800146
59 C:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Windows® Search Microsoft Corporation 7.00.7022.0 16384 00C8E895930A6775EB73AF6880A17CE9
60 D:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Windows® Search Microsoft Corporation 7.00.6002.18005 18534 B5EF1DA337DB9859709A387638AC5E07
61 K:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Windows® Search Microsoft Corporation 7.00.7601.17610 16435 E1AC89F6C5252057E6062843E36A6701
62 C:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Windows® Search Microsoft Corporation 7.00.7600.16384 16435 9DF49C987D48E72A0EA28485150DA417
63 I:\WINDOWS\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Microsoft Corporation 7.0.6001.16503 18483 C4894B3B448B647BEDC9E916D181BDBE
64 N:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Windows® Search Microsoft Corporation 7.00.7601.17610 16435 E1AC89F6C5252057E6062843E36A6701
65 C:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Windows® Search Microsoft Corporation 7.00.7068.0 16435 A1A97A3D8DD64C1B741CEB674C70EE9B
66 C:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Windows® Search Microsoft Corporation 7.00.7601.17610 22374 B48C9A5189CD123796FC0B4C992DA11E
67 D:\WINDOWS\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Windows® Search Microsoft Corporation 7.00.8102.0 21862 BB8F3749BE81C14A85A5A6FF03F64D40
68 C:\Windows\sysWow64\SearchProtocolHost.exe Windows® Search Microsoft Corporation 7.00.7600.16808 16435 5D66CBCDA60ECCE893B8E69BD5F23F92
69 A:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Windows® Search Microsoft Corporation 7.00.7600.16385 16435 89ED7C028A487340B7D93D5A38FDCB54
70 C:\WINXPPRO\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Microsoft Corporation 7.0.6001.16503 18483 C4894B3B448B647BEDC9E916D181BDBE
71 C:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Windows® Search Microsoft Corporation 7.00.7057.0 16435 C7850A5949A120B10C852C4FE80720EB
72 H:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Windows® Search Microsoft Corporation 7.00.7601.17610 16435 E1AC89F6C5252057E6062843E36A6701
73 C:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Windows® Search Microsoft Corporation 7.00.7201.0 16435 14897F6C240DE4FE783D164BEC2A2C47
74 I:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Windows® Search Microsoft Corporation 7.00.7600.16808 16435 5D66CBCDA60ECCE893B8E69BD5F23F92
75 D:\WINDOWS\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Microsoft Corporation 7.0.6001.16503 21248 27029A5115DC9F49085C8C116B342E41
76 C:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Windows® Search Microsoft Corporation 7.00.7600.16385 19200 ECCEF5D65E975F2B9049F689C2F39F3D
77 C:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Windows® Search Microsoft Corporation 7.00.7600.16385 19200 90219E15F98F5202B8C072F3817E81FC
78 E:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6000.16386 20428 2A0B63014AD1ED027D47A58C89F4A1AA
79 C:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Windows® Search Microsoft Corporation 7.00.7229.0 16435 A662AEC2BD9751A8C7DC9C199BF971F1
80 C:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Windows® Search Microsoft Corporation 7.00.7600.16385 16435 8FF81271DE2064F2E002735E2F7D58D9
81 C:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Windows® Search Microsoft Corporation 7.00.7600.16385 19148 875A45AE37E0272A6B6AD172663DC70C
82 C:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Windows® Search Microsoft Corporation 7.00.7600.16385 19148 543771D8EE9639EC3447CAE2DCC74248
83 C:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Windows® Search Microsoft Corporation 7.00.7600.16385 19200 44A854A92C3A77B54D459BF9DA5E661C
84 E:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Windows® Search Microsoft Corporation 7.00.7600.16401 16435 7372D2A811BD4BB22880C93261800146
85 C:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Windows® Search Microsoft Corporation 7.00.7600.16385 19200 6088A03144CB63BFDDACF1F804BA5530
86 I:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Windows® Search Microsoft Corporation 7.00.7601.17610 16435 E1AC89F6C5252057E6062843E36A6701
87 F:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Windows® Search Microsoft Corporation 7.00.7100.0 16435 10A992DEE1C9B590F4BB8B1009D596F2
88 C:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Windows® Search Microsoft Corporation 7.00.7600.16808 19200 810B2EEE2B5456E830F8FE1E6F44DC12
89 C:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Windows® Search Microsoft Corporation 7.00.7106.0 16435 54716DD2A5BE1DC62B5052D4C810238F
90 C:\WINDONS\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Microsoft Corporation 7.0.6001.16503 18483 C4894B3B448B647BEDC9E916D181BDBE
91 C:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Windows® Search Microsoft Corporation 7.00.7600.16385 16435 95FDAD02174693BE9D37020518A465CB
92 I:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Windows® Search Microsoft Corporation 7.00.7600.16385 16435 89ED7C028A487340B7D93D5A38FDCB54
93 Z:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Windows® Search Microsoft Corporation 7.00.7600.16385 16435 89ED7C028A487340B7D93D5A38FDCB54
94 C:\Windows\sysWow64\SearchProtocolHost.exe Windows® Search Microsoft Corporation 7.00.7600.16400 16435 3BEC42501D2EF182C8009BD0CBDDE540
95 C:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Windows® Search Microsoft Corporation 7.00.7600.16385 19200 B81A43E5A969C0FE6747EDD3F11B6E77
96 E:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Windows® Search Microsoft Corporation 7.00.7600.16385 16435 B078323834E61152C9E30DA75989C0BC
97 C:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Windows® Search Microsoft Corporation 7.00.7600.16385 19148 796E1915CD200686DCCC8D6900EA001F
98 G:\WINDOWS\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Microsoft Corporation 7.0.6001.16503 18483 C4894B3B448B647BEDC9E916D181BDBE
99 C:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Windows® Search Microsoft Corporation 7.00.7600.16385 19200 1CE5E890A3F88264C1B88CBBD0BF0B6D
100 C:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe Windows® Search Microsoft Corporation 7.00.7600.16385 19200 87104697EDD103BB1DADA29CFD2B0162
             

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