From 044b4e64a147d24f22df781ae813cf80eb5069c6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: zoicware <118035521+zoicware@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2026 13:17:55 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] try to prevent search host from running again before loading
 settings.dat

---
 RemoveWindowsAi.ps1 | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/RemoveWindowsAi.ps1 b/RemoveWindowsAi.ps1
index 61b6a5c..5092adc 100644
--- a/RemoveWindowsAi.ps1
+++ b/RemoveWindowsAi.ps1
@@ -1040,6 +1040,11 @@ Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
                 Value = @('1', '0')[$revert] # 1 = disable    0 = enable
                 Type  = '5f5e10b'
             }
+            #search host likes to come back and sometimes prevents the dat file from being loaded 
+            if (Get-Process -Name SearchHost -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) {
+                Stop-Process -Name @('SearchHost', 'AppActions') -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
+            }
+
             $setting | Set-UwpAppRegistryEntry -FilePath $settingsDat
         }