Search function will not work

[Guest]

I am helping a neighbor on his computer which had plain old windows XP until
I installed the SP2. When I try to use search this is the message I get: A
file that is required to run search companion cannot be found.You may need to
run setup. I know that there was a solution for this before I installed SP2
but since installing SP2 this fix will not work. The fix I used was this: I
went to start and typed in %systemroot%/inf and found the file Srchasst.inf.
I right clicked on it and tried the install but it would not install. I think
this fix would have worked if I had of done it before installing SP2 but I
did not know that this condition existed until I installed SP2. Does anyone
know of an simple fix now that SP2 is installed or is it going to be a
complicated matter. Thanks.

 

[Poprivet]

I am helping a neighbor on his computer which had plain old windows
XP until I installed the SP2. When I try to use search this is the
message I get: A file that is required to run search companion cannot
be found.You may need to run setup. I know that there was a solution
for this before I installed SP2 but since installing SP2 this fix
will not work. The fix I used was this: I went to start and typed in
%systemroot%/inf and found the file Srchasst.inf. I right clicked on
it and tried the install but it would not install. I think this fix
would have worked if I had of done it before installing SP2 but I did
not know that this condition existed until I installed SP2. Does
anyone know of an simple fix now that SP2 is installed or is it going
to be a complicated matter. Thanks.

I'm not certain it's the answer, but have you added the hot fixes that came
after SP2? There are a lot of them; best to let auto update handle them as
some are sequence oriented.

HTH
Pop`

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Look here:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/top10faqs.htm

Click on: [?] Why doesn't Search work?

And/or here:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_s.htm
Scroll down to:
Search - Doesn't Work

Try this. It has worked for other folks.

1. Go to C:\Windows\srchasst or %windir%\srchasst and delete everything
that you can.
2. Start | Run | Paste this in the box and click OK...

regsvr32 /u %windir%\srchasst\srchui.dll

You will see a message like this if successful...
---------------------------
RegSvr32
---------------------------
DllUnregisterServer in C:\WINDOWS\srchasst\srchui.dll succeeded.
---------------------------
OK
---------------------------

3. Go to C:\Windows\Inf or %windir%\Inf right click srchasst.inf and
click install.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

 

[Guest]

Wesley, are you saying to delete the srchasst folder or everthing within this
folder? Could doing this cause any problems with Windows XP? The reason I ask
is because I am moving form the area and this is a neighbors computer. If I
screw it up I most likely won't have the time to repair or reinstall the
operating system in case something would happen. I tried the two websites you
gave but I have already tried that and it did not help. Most likely because I
had already installed SP2 on this computer. I think I read where this had to
be done before SP2 was installed or it would not work. What do you think
about Pop's idea about doing all the updates? Do you think that this would
help? Thanks for you help Wesley.

--
Wayne

Look here:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/top10faqs.htm

Click on: [?] Why doesn't Search work?

And/or here:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_s.htm
Scroll down to:
Search - Doesn't Work

Try this. It has worked for other folks.

1. Go to C:\Windows\srchasst or %windir%\srchasst and delete everything
that you can.
2. Start | Run | Paste this in the box and click OK...

regsvr32 /u %windir%\srchasst\srchui.dll

You will see a message like this if successful...
---------------------------
RegSvr32
---------------------------
DllUnregisterServer in C:\WINDOWS\srchasst\srchui.dll succeeded.
---------------------------
OK
---------------------------

3. Go to C:\Windows\Inf or %windir%\Inf right click srchasst.inf and
click install.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

I am helping a neighbor on his computer which had plain old windows XP
until I installed the SP2. When I try to use search this is the message I
get: A file that is required to run search companion cannot be found.You
may need to run setup. I know that there was a solution for this before I
installed SP2 but since installing SP2 this fix will not work. The fix I
used was this: I went to start and typed in %systemroot%/inf and found
the file Srchasst.inf. I right clicked on it and tried the install but it
would not install. I think this fix would have worked if I had of done it
before installing SP2 but I did not know that this condition existed
until I installed SP2. Does anyone know of an simple fix now that SP2 is
installed or is it going to be a complicated matter. Thanks.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Wayne,

This is from a fellow that did it, where I originally go it from.

<quote>
Ok... I've been reading through the posts on the search companion all day
and I've finally figured it out.

I went in to C:\Windows\srchasst\ and deleted everything I could
I then unregistered the srchui.dll file
Then I went into C:\Windows\Inf\ right clicked srchasst.inf and clicked
install.

This did it.

A couple notes.
I tried just reregistering the srchui.dll file and that did not help
I tried just installing srchasst.inf without deleting the files and that did
not work as well.
I tried to reregister shell32.dll, no luck
I ran SFC and ran a complete scan - didn't fix it.
I ran the automated system recovery and this did not work as well...
I tried copying the C:\Windows\srchasst\mui\0409\*.* files from a known good
computer to the computer with the problem and this didn't fix it either.

So, I don't know why everything had to be deleted and reinstalled, but it
worked.

Thanks to the community for all their posts that helped me out.

Regards,
Michael Graf
<quote>

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

Wesley, are you saying to delete the srchasst folder or everthing within
this folder? Could doing this cause any problems with Windows XP? The
reason I ask is because I am moving form the area and this is a neighbors
computer. If I screw it up I most likely won't have the time to repair or
reinstall the operating system in case something would happen. I tried
the two websites you gave but I have already tried that and it did not
help. Most likely because I had already installed SP2 on this computer. I
think I read where this had to be done before SP2 was installed or it
would not work. What do you think about Pop's idea about doing all the
updates? Do you think that this would help? Thanks for you help Wesley.

--
Wayne

Look here:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/top10faqs.htm

Click on: [?] Why doesn't Search work?

And/or here:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_s.htm
Scroll down to:
Search - Doesn't Work

Try this. It has worked for other folks.

1. Go to C:\Windows\srchasst or %windir%\srchasst and delete everything
that you can.
2. Start | Run | Paste this in the box and click OK...

regsvr32 /u %windir%\srchasst\srchui.dll

You will see a message like this if successful...
---------------------------
RegSvr32
---------------------------
DllUnregisterServer in C:\WINDOWS\srchasst\srchui.dll succeeded.
---------------------------
OK
---------------------------

3. Go to C:\Windows\Inf or %windir%\Inf right click srchasst.inf and
click install.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

I am helping a neighbor on his computer which had plain old windows XP
until I installed the SP2. When I try to use search this is the message
I get: A file that is required to run search companion cannot be
found.You may need to run setup. I know that there was a solution for
this before I installed SP2 but since installing SP2 this fix will not
work. The fix I used was this: I went to start and typed in
%systemroot%/inf and found the file Srchasst.inf. I right clicked on it
and tried the install but it would not install. I think this fix would
have worked if I had of done it before installing SP2 but I did not
know that this condition existed until I installed SP2. Does anyone
know of an simple fix now that SP2 is installed or is it going to be a
complicated matter. Thanks. --
Wayne