Search notes:

Registry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Search

Values DataDirectory and DefaultDataDirectory

The default values of DataDirectory and DefaultDataDirectory seem to be %ProgramData%\Microsoft\Search\Data

See also

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Desktop Search
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft

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