Windows 10: Windows 10 Search Indexer Frequently Gets Stuck With High CPU

Discus and support Windows 10 Search Indexer Frequently Gets Stuck With High CPU in Cortana to solve the problem; Running Windows 10 Version 1903 (OS Build 18362.356)/Office 365 ProPlus Version 1808 on a 2018 X1 Carbon (maximum specs)/SSD drive. I have Indexing... Discussion in 'Cortana' started by ajkessel, Oct 11, 2019.

  1. AJKESSEL
    ajkessel Win User

    Windows 10 Search Indexer Frequently Gets Stuck With High CPU


    Running Windows 10 Version 1903 (OS Build 18362.356)/Office 365 ProPlus Version 1808 on a 2018 X1 Carbon (maximum specs)/SSD drive. I have Indexing Options set to normal settings--just indexing some local folders on the internal C drive, plus Outlook mail. Not indexing any external or network drives or unusual folders.


    Every few weeks, I encounter an issue with Windows Search Indexing slows to a crawl and CPU use skyrockets. The "items indexed" in the Indexing Options control panel seems stuck--maybe it increases by one item every few minutes, if that. Problems like this are legion on these and other message boards, but I've yet to find a dependable and durable solution. I've tried:

    • Rebooting (makes no difference)
    • Killing and restarting Windows Search service from services.msc (makes no difference)
    • Killing and restarting Cortana (makes no difference)
    • Running the Indexing Troubleshooter (doesn't find anything wrong/makes no difference)
    • sfc /scannow (makes no difference)
    • dism /online /cleanup-image /checkhealth (and /scanhealth, /restorehealth, etc) (makes no difference)
    • Deleting my OST file and waiting several hours for it to rebuild/reindex (this might fix the problem for a few days, but it always comes back)
    • Deleting the entire Windows search index and waiting several days for it to rebuild (this might fix the problem for a few days, but it always comes back)
    • Looking in Event Viewer for messages from Windows Search service--don't see anything notable there


    Has anyone figured out a systematic way to troubleshoot and fix indexer issues? Any workaround approaches here? It's debilitating to lose my ability to search every week or so.


    The only thing I've found that is noteworthy is the size of c:\programdata\microsoft\search\data -- it shows as 27.2GB on disk. I assume it is so large due to my large volume of mail, but I don't know for sure. Is Windows just not able to reliably index a large mailbox?

    :)
     
    ajkessel, Oct 11, 2019
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  2. PAULO81
    Paulo81 Win User

    search indexer using cpu

    in step 2 its says indexing its not running. click rebuild anyway. stuck in waiting to receive indexing status

    In 3, cant find cortana processs.

    did all the rest, but search indexer is still there consuming cpu
     
    Paulo81, Oct 11, 2019
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  3. KAHTLEENTASMAN85
    KahtleenTasman85 Win User
    KahtleenTasman85, Oct 11, 2019
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  4. PAULO81
    Paulo81 Win User

    Windows 10 Search Indexer Frequently Gets Stuck With High CPU

    search indexer using cpu

    I follow all the steps but nothing hanged search indexer still eating my cpu
     
    Paulo81, Oct 11, 2019
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