ExtensionPlugIn.SafeMode Property

Flag indicating if the extension should be run in a separate process from the search process.

Property Value

True if the extension should be run in a separate process from the search process, otherwise False if the extension should be run in-process.

Remarks

An extension is a COM object that is normally loaded in-process. If the extension is flagged to run in SafeMode the engine will try to load the extension with the CLSCTX_LOCAL_SERVER flag specified instead of CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER, which will cause the extension to run in its own process space.

Running an extension in SafeMode will prevent a badly behaved extension from crashing the search engine's process space but since the extension will be running in a separate process method calls to the extension will be slower and therefore searching with the extension will be slower.