Indexing Service is (up to Windows Vista) a Windows service that maintains an index of most of the files on a computer without compromising the performance for the user. The service improves searching performance on PCs and computer networks. It has been replaced by Windows Search in Windows 7.
Questions tagged [indexing-service]
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Command parameters are unsupported with the current provider - What do I do?
I'm trying to query the Microsoft Indexing Service catalog, and I've found a bunch of really helpful articles about it (like this one), but every example I find they just use string concatenation to build queries, and it feels so wrong on so many…

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Classic ASP and ixsso.query returns EOF
I have come across a bit weird problem with classic asp site which uses indexing service to search folder by given parameter and then lists files from the folder. Folder names are unique so the query should return only one recordset. Site is running…

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Error instantiating indexing service query object (ixsso.dll) in code. "ActiveX component can't create object"
We have followed Microsoft's instructions for installing the Indexing Service in Windows 2008 R2 (64-bit).
After installing, I've confirmed that the ixsso.dll (v6.1.7601.17514) is located in C:/Windows/System32 folder. I believe that this is a…

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Replacement for Indexing service on Windows 2012 server
Our company have 2 current website is hosted on a windows server 2003. The web sites are built in Classic ASP and use a MSIDXS provider to connect to a particular data source/indexing service catalogue (one for each website) and display the results…

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Replacement for windows Indexing Service
I run a website that has a search feature. The search catalog is being generated by Windows Server 2008's Indexing Service. I then query the catalog and return search results using classic ASP.
I have run into problems where pages in my site are not…

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Indexing Service: getting empty columns on custom properties
I'm following this example:
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2005/12/getting-started-with-indexing-service.html
However, the conversion to dataset shows empty columns for my custom properties. If I use path or filename for the columns I get data…

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Unable to browse some pdfs and docs
I have a web site that uses Microsoft Indexing Service to index and query a directory that holds various documents of type pdf, rtf, mht, and doc. The indexing and querying works well (for the most part); however, some files will load while others…

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search windows 7 programmatically without using an sdk library
Is there a way to call SearchIndexer with arguments? (or is there another way to accomplish what the title says?)
I tried looking at the various MSDN articles, but they all seemed to suggest that I use a library. But when I run the search, it runs,…

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Indexing Service empty filename property
I'm using the Windows Indexing Service for the first time and I need to return the doctitle and filename from the query.
My query is;
select doctitle, filename, vpath, rank, characterization from scope() where FREETEXT(Contents, '" & searchText &…

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Querying a remote MSIDXS via T-SQL
I think this question better fits here rather than ServerFault, but if I'm wrong, please correct me.
I have a system which has a database that also queries Windows Indexing Services. The queries are done via T-SQL using the…

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How to get Windows Indexing Service state from code?
How to find, how to read Windows Indexing Service state (indexing state) from code? OS is Windows Server 2012 R2.

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How Windows Indexing Service works?
I have a task to implement service with behavior like this one.
My question is:
How Indexing Service remember what files was already indexed and what no, what files changed and need to reindex them?
Also, I can stop this service and then start…

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Indexing Service Query Language returning more items than expected
We're using Indexing Service Query Language (a.k.a. Dialect 2) and the following query,
@TaxCategory "\Areas\Technology\" AND @XmlConfigId = 14
it unexpectedly matches the following two items instead of just the first:
Technology
Technology,…

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The query contained only ignored words OleDbException using Index Server
I have ASP.NET 4.6.1 WebForms Legacy that using Index Server in Windows Server 2008 R2.
I get OleDbException error with message:
The query contained only ignored words.
My code:
var datos = new List();
var sql = "Select DocAuthor,…

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Check if Microsoft OLE DB Provider for Index Server (aka Provider=MSIDXS) is installed?
I use Windows Server 2008 R2 and ASP.NET 4.6.1.
How can I check if Microsoft OLE DB Provider for Index Server (Provider=MSIDXS) is installed ?
Maybe get a list the OLEDB providers available in the system.

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