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Issues with PDF Ifilter 9.0 on Windows Server 2008 R2

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I recently deployed a MOSS 2007 farm on a Windows Server 2008 R2 64 bit server and I am having issues with PDF Ifilter. I did all the configuration but i still get the following error in the crawl log
The filtering process could not process this item. This might be because you do not have the latest file filter for this type of item. Install the corresponding filter and retry your crawl
Below is the configuration steps I did
1. Downloaded and Installed Adobe Reader 9.0 64bit PDF Ifilter
2. Added the PDF file type in SSP
3. Added PDF to the list as a new String Value 38 at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Web Server
Extensions\12.0\Search\Applications\GUID\Gather\Search\Extensions\ExtensionList
4. Addded PDF icon to images folder and made an entry to DOCICON.XML
<mapping Key="pdf" Value="pdficon_small.gif" OpenControl="" />
5. Modified the following registry keys
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office server\12.0\Search\Setup\ContentIndexCommon\Filters\Extension\.pdf
Default {E8978DA6-047F-4E3D-9C78-CDBE46041603}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Web Server Extensions\12.0\Search\Setup\ContentIndexCommon\Filters\Extension\.pdf
Default {E8978DA6-047F-4E3D-9C78-CDBE46041603}
6. Added adobe pdf ifilter bin to the path variable under environment variables
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe PDF ifilter for 64 bit platforms\bin
7. Restarted Office Search
8. Started Full Crawl
Despite all these changes, I am still getting same error. Did anybody install PDF Ifilter 64 bit on Windows Server 2008 R2? I did not see Windows Server 2008 R2 in the system requirements on the adobe site (http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=4025)
Any help with this is much appreciated.Tuesday, January 5, 2010 4:01 PM
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Hi Avinash Kota,
I think PDF ifilter 9.0 can also be used on Windows Server 2008 R2. When you configure this PDF ifilter, did you follow the instruction step by step? Please double check it carefully:
http://www.adobe.com/special/acrobat/configuring_pdf_ifilter_for_ms_sharepoint_2007.pdf
Hope this helps.
Lu Zou
- Marked as answer by Lily Wu Wednesday, January 13, 2010 10:08 AM
Thursday, January 7, 2010 6:15 AM
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The Foxit Software IFIlter is supposed to be considerably faster.I suggest you try it out - maybe its installation routine works better too (there's a download available to try it out)
FAQ sites: (SP 2010) http://wssv4faq.mindsharp.com; (v3) http://wssv3faq.mindsharp.com and (WSS 2.0) http://wssv2faq.mindsharp.com
Complete Book Lists (incl. foreign language) on each site.Wednesday, January 6, 2010 6:33 AM -
Hi Avinash Kota,
I think PDF ifilter 9.0 can also be used on Windows Server 2008 R2. When you configure this PDF ifilter, did you follow the instruction step by step? Please double check it carefully:
http://www.adobe.com/special/acrobat/configuring_pdf_ifilter_for_ms_sharepoint_2007.pdf
Hope this helps.
Lu Zou
- Marked as answer by Lily Wu Wednesday, January 13, 2010 10:08 AM
Thursday, January 7, 2010 6:15 AM -
Thank You guys, I have figured out the issue. When modifying the following registry key, the registry key type has to be "REG_MULTI_SZ" not "REG_SZ"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office server\12.0\Search\Setup\ContentIndexCommon\Filters\Extension\.pdf
Default {E8978DA6-047F-4E3D-9C78-CDBE46041603}
Changing the registry key type fixed issue and the search is working great.
Avinash kota
http://SharePointReporter.wordpress.com- Proposed as answer by sivaramnarayan Monday, November 26, 2012 6:33 AM
Wednesday, January 20, 2010 6:10 PM -
Hi All,
I have published an article at http://www.mossgurus.com/adnan/default.aspx explaining How to Install and configure PDF iFilter (64 bit) for SharePoint Server 2010 or Search Server 2010 Express with screen shots of each important steps.
I do hope that you will find this article useful. Please leave your comments.
Thanks
Adnan Ahmed
Senior MS Solutions Consultant
Owner: www.mossgurus.com
Wednesday, May 19, 2010 11:21 PM -
Thanks for the article!
Step 11: I just notice that the working command are
net stop osearch14
net start osearch14(btw comments are not working on your site)
Thursday, May 20, 2010 1:54 PM -
Hi Tim,
Thanks for your response. I have correct your mentioned mistake on my article. Comments are also enabled.
Regards,
Adnan Ahmed
Saturday, May 22, 2010 9:14 PM