Enable Windows Search Service on Windows Server

This article explains how to enable Windows search service on Windows server. The Windows Search service allows clients that are compatible with the search service to perform fast file searches on a server.

When you install the Windows Search service on a server, you can use the Windows File Explorer to quickly search for files and file contents. The Windows Search service must be running to enable quick searching.

The search service is also available for Windows 10 and Windows 11 users. This service provides content indexing, property caching, and search results for files, e-mail, and other content.

On Windows 10/11, if you’re using Microsoft Visio to lookup for newly installed stencils, the Windows Search service should be running. Otherwise, you’ll encounter the error “Visio cannot provide fast search results because Windows Search is not running or is not configured properly for Visio. Please contact your system administrator.”

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What is Windows Search Service?

The Windows Search Service (WSS) can search files and documents for useful information. Indexing can be quite CPU-intensive, depending on the number of files on your system, but Microsoft has ensured that the service will throttle or even pause indexing if it may negatively impact the user experience. By using indexing, users will experience faster file-server searches. For more information, read the article by Microsoft on Windows Search Overview.

Ways to install Windows Search on Server

There are two ways to install the Windows Search service on Windows server:

• Using the Add Roles and features wizard
• Using PowerShell

We’ll cover both the above methods in this article.

Steps to enable Windows Search Service on Windows Server

Here are the steps that you need to follow to install the Windows Search service on Windows Server 2022.

Log in to the Windows Server and launch the Server Manager. Click Manage and select Add Roles and Features.

On the Installation Type page, select Role based or feature-based installation option and click Next.

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Fix Windows Search is disabled in Windows Server 2016

By default, the Windows Search service is set to Disabled in Windows Server 2016. That’s because the indexing of the volumes can cause problems in certain scenarios, including

• Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV)
• Running Remote Desktop Session Host (RDSH) with multiple simultaneous sessions.

If you need the search functionality on Windows Server 2016 from the start menu, you can re-enable the Windows search service using the following steps:

• Press Windows + R to open the Run box.
• Type services.msc, and then press Enter.
• Right-click Windows Search, and then select Properties.
• Change the startup type to Automatic (Delayed Start).
• Select Apply, and then select Start.
• Select OK, and then close the Services console.

After making the above changes, you may want to restart the Server once. Now the Windows Search service starts along with other services.