{"id":475,"date":"2013-03-02T20:24:38","date_gmt":"2013-03-02T19:24:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/henrik.familiendamgaard.dk\/blog\/?p=475"},"modified":"2013-03-24T22:37:11","modified_gmt":"2013-03-24T21:37:11","slug":"pdf-search-missing-in-windows-7-64-bit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/henrik.familiendamgaard.dk\/blog\/2013\/03\/02\/pdf-search-missing-in-windows-7-64-bit\/","title":{"rendered":"PDF Search missing in Windows 7 (64-Bit)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For some reason the 64-bit versions of Windows has a problem indexing PDF files. Windows Search uses IFilter to help it index files, and the PDF IFilter for 64-bit Windows is missing. (This probably applies to 64-bit Vista and 64-bit XP as well).<\/p>\n<p>To detect whether a computer has the IFilter installed or not open <strong>Indexing Options<\/strong> from <strong>Control Panel:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/henrik.familiendamgaard.dk\/blog\/2013\/03\/02\/pdf-search-in-missing-windows-7-64-bit\/indexingoptions\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-476\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-476\" alt=\"IndexingOptions\" src=\"http:\/\/henrik.familiendamgaard.dk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IndexingOptions.png\" width=\"226\" height=\"41\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Choose <strong>Advanced:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/henrik.familiendamgaard.dk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IndexingOptionsAdvanced.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-491\" alt=\"IndexingOptionsAdvanced\" src=\"http:\/\/henrik.familiendamgaard.dk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IndexingOptionsAdvanced.png\" width=\"345\" height=\"115\" srcset=\"http:\/\/henrik.familiendamgaard.dk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IndexingOptionsAdvanced.png 431w, http:\/\/henrik.familiendamgaard.dk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IndexingOptionsAdvanced-300x100.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 345px) 100vw, 345px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Find the <strong>PDF<\/strong> extension on <strong>File Types tab<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/henrik.familiendamgaard.dk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IndexingOptionAdvancedFileTypesNotFound.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-500\" alt=\"IndexingOptionAdvancedFileTypesNotFound\" src=\"http:\/\/henrik.familiendamgaard.dk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IndexingOptionAdvancedFileTypesNotFound.png\" width=\"322\" height=\"142\" srcset=\"http:\/\/henrik.familiendamgaard.dk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IndexingOptionAdvancedFileTypesNotFound.png 402w, http:\/\/henrik.familiendamgaard.dk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IndexingOptionAdvancedFileTypesNotFound-300x132.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 322px) 100vw, 322px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As shown above <strong>PDF Filter Description<\/strong> says <em>&#8220;<strong>Registered IFilter Is Not Found<\/strong>&#8220;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To fix this problem <strong>download<\/strong> and <strong>install<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.adobe.com\/support\/downloads\/detail.jsp?ftpID=4025\">Adobe PDF iFilter 64-bit<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When everything is installed your <strong>filter description<\/strong> for <strong>pdf extensions<\/strong> should say &#8220;<em>PDF Filter<\/em>&#8221; instead of &#8220;<em>Registered IFilter Is Not Found<\/em>&#8221;\u00a0in <strong>Indexing Advanced Options<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/henrik.familiendamgaard.dk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IndexingOptionAdvancedFileTypesOK.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-495\" alt=\"IndexingOptionAdvancedFileTypesOK\" src=\"http:\/\/henrik.familiendamgaard.dk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IndexingOptionAdvancedFileTypesOK.png\" width=\"322\" height=\"147\" srcset=\"http:\/\/henrik.familiendamgaard.dk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IndexingOptionAdvancedFileTypesOK.png 403w, http:\/\/henrik.familiendamgaard.dk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IndexingOptionAdvancedFileTypesOK-300x136.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 322px) 100vw, 322px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Before being able to search PDF-files the Index has to be rebuild. This is done by clicking Rebuild i <strong>Indexing Advanced Options:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/henrik.familiendamgaard.dk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IndexingOptionsAdvancedRebuild.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-497\" alt=\"IndexingOptionsAdvancedRebuild\" src=\"http:\/\/henrik.familiendamgaard.dk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IndexingOptionsAdvancedRebuild.png\" width=\"322\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"http:\/\/henrik.familiendamgaard.dk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IndexingOptionsAdvancedRebuild.png 403w, http:\/\/henrik.familiendamgaard.dk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IndexingOptionsAdvancedRebuild-300x189.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 322px) 100vw, 322px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Please note: Rebuilding index\u00a0can take a long time if your disks contains large amount of data.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->\n<!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For some reason the 64-bit versions of Windows has a problem indexing PDF files. 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