Bug 170569 - Installer requires closure of searchhost.exe
Summary: Installer requires closure of searchhost.exe
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 161183
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: LibreOffice (show other bugs)
Version:
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25.8.4.2 release
Hardware: All All
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Reported: 2026-02-02 14:18 UTC by Bob Harvey
Modified: 2026-02-02 14:57 UTC (History)
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Description Bob Harvey 2026-02-02 14:18:49 UTC
Description:
running the installer it throws a dialogue asking for permission to stop running processes.  Today that was explorer.exe and searchhost.exe

Searchhost is not a user initiated programme.  It has no UI.  There is nowt I can do about it.

The upshot is I have to reboot after an update.

Steps to Reproduce:
1.run installer
2.installer gives a list of things it wants to close
3. tell it to go ahead


Actual Results:
4. it says it cannot close searchhost.exe so I need to reboot after installing

Expected Results:
4. it closes searchhost.exe and finishes the install


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No

Additional Info:
I cannot understand why it needs to close searchhost.exe, which is a service.  Come to that, why does it ask to close file explorer?  that seems a bit over the top
Comment 1 Mike Kaganski 2026-02-02 14:57:54 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 161183 ***