removing search doesn't remove the function to search, it just removes indexing indexing scans your pc when it's not in use (its supposed to do it when it's not in use!) then keeps a record of where files are, then when you do a search it opens the record file, so it can quickly find where the files are ^that's what it's designed for anyway, personally i disable it, as i never search my whole pc, i just search within subfolders or just manually browse