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UID: NS:cmdtree.tagDBBYGUID
title: DBBYGUID (cmdtree.h)
description: The DBBYGUID structure supplies supplementary information for a node.
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# DBBYGUID structure


## -description


<p class="CCE_Message">[Indexing Service is no longer supported as of Windows XP and is unavailable for use as of Windows 8. Instead, use <a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/windows/desktop/search/-search-3x-wds-overview">Windows Search</a> for client side search and  <a href="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=258445">Microsoft Search Server Express</a> for server side search.]

The <b>DBBYGUID</b> structure supplies supplementary information for a node.


## -struct-fields




### -field pbInfo

extra node information, provider-specific


### -field cbInfo

size of the data in pbInfo


### -field guid

this node's GUID


## -remarks



The information stored in the <b>pbInfo</b> member is provider-specific, and provides for operation extensibility.



