Windows Search
E192046
Windows Search is a desktop search platform in Microsoft Windows that indexes files, emails, and other data to provide fast, integrated search across the operating system.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Windows Search canonical | 7 |
| Windows Desktop Search | 2 |
| Windows search | 2 |
| Indexing Service | 1 |
| MSN Desktop Search | 1 |
| SearchIndexer.exe | 1 |
| Windows Search API | 1 |
| Windows Search service | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1693215 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Windows Search Context triple: [Windows Vista, feature, Windows Search]
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A.
File Explorer
File Explorer is the built-in file management application in Microsoft Windows that lets users browse, organize, and manage files, folders, and drives on their computer.
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B.
Bing
Bing is Microsoft's web search engine that provides internet search, image, video, and mapping services.
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C.
Internet search
Internet search is the process of using specialized software and algorithms to locate relevant information across the World Wide Web based on user queries.
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D.
Search and Discovery
Search and Discovery is a regular Physics Today section that highlights notable recent advances and findings across the physical sciences.
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E.
Yahoo! Search
Yahoo! Search is a web search engine developed by Yahoo that was once one of the most popular gateways for finding information on the internet.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Windows Search Target entity description: Windows Search is a desktop search platform in Microsoft Windows that indexes files, emails, and other data to provide fast, integrated search across the operating system.
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A.
File Explorer
File Explorer is the built-in file management application in Microsoft Windows that lets users browse, organize, and manage files, folders, and drives on their computer.
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B.
Bing
Bing is Microsoft's web search engine that provides internet search, image, video, and mapping services.
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C.
Internet search
Internet search is the process of using specialized software and algorithms to locate relevant information across the World Wide Web based on user queries.
-
D.
Search and Discovery
Search and Discovery is a regular Physics Today section that highlights notable recent advances and findings across the physical sciences.
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E.
Yahoo! Search
Yahoo! Search is a web search engine developed by Yahoo that was once one of the most popular gateways for finding information on the internet.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Windows component
ⓘ
desktop search platform ⓘ search indexer ⓘ |
| availableInVersion |
Windows 10
ⓘ
Windows 11 ⓘ Windows 7 ⓘ Windows 8 ⓘ Windows 8.1 ⓘ |
| configurableVia | Indexing Options control panel ⓘ |
| defaultStatus | enabled ⓘ |
| developer | Microsoft ⓘ |
| distributionModel | bundled with Windows ⓘ |
| integratedWith |
Cortana (historically)
ⓘ
surface form:
Cortana
File Explorer ⓘ Outlook ⓘ
surface form:
Microsoft Outlook
mintMenu ⓘ
surface form:
Start menu
|
| introducedInVersion | Windows Vista ⓘ |
| license | proprietary software ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
Windows
ⓘ
surface form:
Microsoft Windows
|
| partOf |
Windows Shell
ⓘ
Windows ⓘ
surface form:
Windows operating system
|
| platform |
Win32 API
ⓘ
surface form:
Win32
|
| previousName |
Windows Search
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
MSN Desktop Search
Windows Search self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Windows Desktop Search
|
| providesAPI |
Windows Search
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Windows Search API
|
| providesFunction |
Control Panel search
ⓘ
Outlook search integration ⓘ content indexing ⓘ email search ⓘ file search ⓘ full-text search ⓘ metadata indexing ⓘ start menu search ⓘ |
| replaces |
Windows Search
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Indexing Service
Windows Search self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Windows Desktop Search
|
| runsAs | Windows service ⓘ |
| serviceName | WSearch ⓘ |
| storesDataIn | search index ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
IFilter plug-ins
ⓘ
federated search ⓘ file property filters ⓘ incremental indexing ⓘ natural language search ⓘ preview handlers ⓘ property handlers ⓘ query suggestions ⓘ search connectors ⓘ search scopes ⓘ |
| supportsQueryLanguage |
Advanced Query Syntax
ⓘ
SQL-like query syntax ⓘ |
| usesComponent |
SearchFilterHost.exe
ⓘ
Windows Search self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
SearchIndexer.exe
SearchProtocolHost.exe ⓘ Windows Search self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Windows Search service
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Windows Search Description of subject: Windows Search is a desktop search platform in Microsoft Windows that indexes files, emails, and other data to provide fast, integrated search across the operating system.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Windows search
subject surface form:
Cortana
this entity surface form:
Indexing Service
this entity surface form:
Windows Desktop Search
this entity surface form:
Windows Desktop Search
this entity surface form:
MSN Desktop Search
this entity surface form:
Windows Search service
this entity surface form:
SearchIndexer.exe
this entity surface form:
Windows Search API
subject surface form:
Windows Vista Home Basic
this entity surface form:
Windows search
subject surface form:
Windows 10 May 2020 Update