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Fix The Search Companion Error
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By Super Admin
Published on 02/23/2005
 
If you try to search in Windows XP, you may get this message, "A file that is required to run search companion cannot be found. You may need to run setup."
Fix The Search Companion Error
To fix this problem, you can go to, http://www.microsoft.com/Downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=9D1F0B73-259A-4A1B-93A4-F02C21BCB15A and download the patch from Microsoft. For more information, go to http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q319949.