WSearch
E719152
WSearch is the Windows Search background service that indexes files, emails, and other content to enable fast search functionality in the Windows operating system.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| WSearch canonical | 2 |
| Windows Search indexer | 1 |
| Windows Search service | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8220552 — 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: WSearch Context triple: [Windows Search, serviceName, WSearch]
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A.
ESearch
ESearch is an NCBI E-utilities service that performs text-based searches of NCBI databases and returns lists of matching record identifiers.
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B.
Search/Retrieve Web Service
Search/Retrieve Web Service (SRW) is a standard web service protocol for querying and retrieving search results from remote databases and information retrieval systems over the web.
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C.
Microsoft Search API
Microsoft Search API is a developer interface that enables unified, intelligent search experiences across Microsoft 365 data and services.
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D.
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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E.
Search Me
"Search Me" is a Christian pop-rock song by Katy Hudson (later known as Katy Perry) from her early gospel-oriented music career.
- 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: WSearch Target entity description: WSearch is the Windows Search background service that indexes files, emails, and other content to enable fast search functionality in the Windows operating system.
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A.
ESearch
ESearch is an NCBI E-utilities service that performs text-based searches of NCBI databases and returns lists of matching record identifiers.
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B.
Search/Retrieve Web Service
Search/Retrieve Web Service (SRW) is a standard web service protocol for querying and retrieving search results from remote databases and information retrieval systems over the web.
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C.
Microsoft Search API
Microsoft Search API is a developer interface that enables unified, intelligent search experiences across Microsoft 365 data and services.
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D.
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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E.
Search Me
"Search Me" is a Christian pop-rock song by Katy Hudson (later known as Katy Perry) from her early gospel-oriented music career.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Windows service
ⓘ
search indexing service ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Windows Search ⓘ |
| availableIn |
Windows 10
ⓘ
Windows 11 ⓘ Windows 7 ⓘ Windows 8 ⓘ Windows 8.1 ⓘ |
| canBeConfiguredVia |
Group Policy
ⓘ
Registry settings ⓘ Services management console ⓘ |
| canBeDisabled | true ⓘ |
| componentOf |
Windows Search platform
ⓘ
linked to:
Windows Search
Windows Shell ⓘ |
| configurableOption |
file types to index
ⓘ
indexed locations ⓘ whether to index file contents ⓘ |
| dependsOn |
Remote Procedure Call (RPC)
ⓘ
linked to:
RPC
|
| displayName | Windows Search ⓘ |
| effectOfDisabling |
disables content indexing
ⓘ
slows Windows search queries ⓘ |
| enablesFeature |
Cortana search integration
ⓘ
File Explorer search ⓘ Start menu search ⓘ Windows search functionality ⓘ |
| indexesContentFrom |
Outlook email stores
ⓘ
Start menu shortcuts ⓘ libraries in Windows ⓘ local file system ⓘ user profile folders ⓘ |
| indexLocation | system drive by default ⓘ |
| introducedIn | Windows Vista ⓘ |
| logSource |
Microsoft-Windows-Search
ⓘ
linked to:
Windows Search
|
| monitoredBy |
Event Viewer
ⓘ
linked to:
Windows Event Log
|
| operatingSystem |
Microsoft Windows
ⓘ
linked to:
Windows
|
| primaryFunction |
index emails for fast search
ⓘ
index files for fast search ⓘ index other content for fast search ⓘ |
| relatedTool | Indexing Options control panel ⓘ |
| replaces | Indexing Service (CiSvc) ⓘ |
| resourceUsage | CPU and disk usage during indexing ⓘ |
| runsIn | background ⓘ |
| securityContext | Local System account (typical default) ⓘ |
| serviceName | WSearch ⓘ |
| serviceType | background service ⓘ |
| startupType | Automatic (by default on most editions) ⓘ |
| storesIndexIn | search index database ⓘ |
| supportsFeature | instant search results after indexing completes ⓘ |
| usesComponent |
Windows Search indexer
ⓘ
linked to:
WSearch
|
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: WSearch Description of subject: WSearch is the Windows Search background service that indexes files, emails, and other content to enable fast search functionality in the Windows operating system.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: WSearch
linked to: WSearch