Indexing Search stopped working

[prubin]

Hello. I've been using the standard Windows XP indexing service on a
particular directory, which has worked fine for years. Suddenly when
I
perform searches on this directory with standard commands like
"@contents ABC" and "@filename ABC" in the windows search "A word or
phrase in the file" field, I'm getting no results. I have tried
stopping and restarting the indexing service, and I even deleted the
complete indexing Directory and then rebuilding it. No luck. The
result is that I can no longer perform searches using the indexing
service.

If I run the ciadv.msc application, searches do yield results though,
so it seems there's some disconnect between the standard Windows XP
search, and the indexing files.


Is there some way I can troubleshoot or fix this?
Thanks in advance!

 

[Kelly]

1. Go to Search/change Preferences/With Indexing Service/Change Indexing
Service (Advanced).

or via:

2. Go to Start/Administrative Tools/Computer Management/Services and
Applications/Indexing Service.

If this doesn't help...

Windows® XP has a known issue for not finding a number of File Types when
you do a Search for Files "containing text" or using the "A word or phrase
in the file" option. This can be remedied for many file types, but not all.

Download the VBS file below. Double click the file you just saved. You'll
be prompted to enter a file extension. If the PersistentHandler value is
correct, no changes will be made. If the PersistentHandler value exists,
but is different, no changes will be made. If no PersistentHandler value
exists, then it will be created.

Enable XP's Search to find text in files:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts/xp_persisthandler.vbs

Manual Edit:

To resolve this problem for other file types, install a program that
registers a filter for the file type that you want to search. If no program
that provides a filter is available, you can use the plain text filter for a
file type.

Go to Start/Run/Regedit and add a PersistentHandler key under the file type
key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT and set its (Default) string value name to the
following value: {5e941d80-bf96-11cd-b579-08002b30bfeb}

For example, to use the text filter provider for .pas files, the following
registry setting should exist:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.zzz\PersistentHandler\(Default) =
{5e941d80-bf96-11cd-b579-08002b30bfeb}

After you add this value to the registry, you must log off and then log back
on to make the change take effect.

Using the "A Word or Phrase in the File" Search Criterion May Not Work
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q309173

Troubleshooting Search - Text
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_s.htm#searchtext

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All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP)

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[prubin]

Thank you for your reply Kelly. I went to Search/change Preferences/
With Indexing Service/Change Indexing Service (Advanced), and Indexing
is already enabled and running.

I also checked to make sure that XLS file types already have a
PersistentHandler.

Remember that I'm able to use the ciadv.msc query, and that works
fine. It's only from the Search window that it fails.

Please advise!

 

[prubin]

Upon further investigating, I noticed that every time I perform an
indexed search from the Windows search box, I get a System Warning in
Event Viewer:

Source: MRxSmb
Event ID: 3019
The redirector failed to determine the connection type.

This warning is NOT recorded when I perform the same query from the
Indexing Service ciadv.msc applet.

Any ideas?