Windows 10: Redux: Windows Search service fails to start: Error 5: Access is Denied

In February, I posted about this error. The error was occurring on a VM and the solution was to clean install Windows 11. Windows Search service fails to start: Error 5: Access is DeniedWell, I have finally upgraded my main system from Win 10 to Win 11. Unfortunately, this problem is occurring on this system as well and a clean install is not a very good option. This is now seriously impacting my system because features that depend on this are not working well. I have attempted just about everything I can find on the web. I am, also, going to run another trace like I did in the previous post b

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wsearch won't start, error 5 access denied

I guess when the service itself has an issue, it renames itself to the "Service name" instead of "Display name".

- - - Updated - - - Try these suggestions: c# - windows could not start service on local computer error 5 access is denied - Stack Overflow - - - Updated - - - Another idea, similar to: DHCP Client service Error 5: Access is denied 1) Open Registry Editor and go to: 2) Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\WSearch 3) Right click WSearch, and press Permissions... Do all these look similar on your computer? If not, then make them similar and restart your computer:

After the computer restarts, see if Windows Search works - - - Updated - - - Here are search results for having an exactly the same Permissions error for a Service: "windows could not start the "+"error 5 access is denied" - Search This could widen the horizon of different possibilities that you can try to fix the error if none of the above worked.

 

Windows 10 Search service not started Error 5: Access is denied

I turned off the Windows Search service as I have an SSD C drive and didn't want the service writing over and over to the SSD drive. I found that I could control the Search service and I tried to enable it. It will not start.

Going to Services, Standard Tab, locating Windows Search and setting it to Start issues the following:

A popup titled "Services", a yellow triangle with an apostrophe in it and the following words:

"Windows could not start the Windows Search service on Local Computer.

Error 5: Access is denied."

And an OK button.

 

Windows 10 Search service not started Error 5: Access is denied

In that case, let's focus on the Error 5: Access denied error message that you received. Check out the link for
Error message when attempting to start the Windows Event Log Service: "Access denied" from

Solution Center for Access Denied Error Messages.

Update us with the results.

Regards.