i need to index pdf files in my laptop running windows 7

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original title: Indexing pdf files in Windows 7

i need to index pdf files in my laptop running windows 7.I first installed adobe ifilter and then foxit ifilter.Both doesnt provide me goos search results.I mean they are not indexing my content as windows does for my MS Office files.

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Ok I think I got it working. I am using Windows 7 Home Premium.

I uninstalled Adobe Ifilter 5.0 that I installed earlier. I uninstalled Foxit PDF ifliter ver.1 .0.0.32??. I did this:

1. Open Indexing Options by clicking theStart button, and then clickingControl Panel. In the search box, typeindexing options, and then clickIndexing Options.

2. ClickAdvanced. If you're prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.

3. In theAdvanced Options dialog box, click the File Types tab.

4. Uncheck the boxes beside PDF and PDFXML.

Check the Index Encrypted files on the Index Settings tab.
Click OK. Rebuild the index.
Download the Adobe 64 bit Ifilter from herehttp://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=4025 .
After indexing is complete. Install the new 64 bit Ifilter.

9. Repeat steps 1, 2, & 3 but this time check on the PDF and PDFXML boxes and on the box next to Index properties and content.

10. Rebuild the index again.

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Hi pradeepviswav,

Thank you for posting your question on Microsoft windows vista forums!

Follow the steps below to add pdf files to the index so you can search in Windows by that file type.

1. Open Indexing Options by clicking the Start button , and then clicking Control Panel. In the search box, type indexing options, and then click Indexing Options.

2. Click Advanced. If you're prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.

3. In the Advanced Options dialog box, click the File Types tab.

4. In the Add new extension to list box, type the file name extension (for example, "pdf"), and then click Add.

5. Click Index Properties Only or Index Properties and File Contents, and then click OK.

For more information on indexing, navigate to the following link

Indexing options

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/Change-advanced-indexing-options

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(DO NOT INDEX ENCRYPTION. THIS METHOD WORKS FOR WIN 7 64 BIT)

Just as an update. I have Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit. I had the same problems at first then did the following which fixed it. Under no circumstance enable indexing of encryption. (Indexing Encryption will allow anyone who uses your computer to get passwords and personal information. Plus it can screw up the OS!)

Go to Indexing > Advanced > File Types, and remove the check for PDF. Press OK > Press Close
Uninstall any Ifilters that you have relating to searching PDF Files
Unless you have Adobe Reader 9.3 or higher, uninstall it.
Go to Adobe.com and install Adobe Reader 9.3 or Higher if not already installed.
Download and install Ifilter 9 from Adobe (Win 7 64 bit only) http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=4025
Go back to Indexing > Advanced > File Types, and re-check PDF. The Press the 'Index Settings Tab' (THEN WAIT)
Try and keep all your PDF files in one folder.
Search for a PDF in the Windows search box (top right). You should see a message prompt near the top of the screen telling you that indexing is turned off, then asks you if you want to turn it on. Click the message and click to enable indexing.
Go back to Indexing, and click Rebuild (The rebuilding will take hours and will not work untill it is done!)

If you did as I said above, you will be able to click on a start button and search for PDF files, and the contents inside them, including ones that you may have used OCR.

Good luck. I feel happy now that I can use my $600 Fujitsu Scanner that I picked up at Goowill for $8.

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2010-09-13T23:45:02+00:00
Thanks for your replies, but NOPE!

I took a break from this problem to work on my 9-year old laptop. When's the last time you scratch loaded Win98?

I re-read Aricsdaddy's & pd_monkey's posts and tried it again. When I first started playing around with pdf ifilters over a month ago, I had Adobe Acrobat 8 Standard version 8.2.4 installed. It is what shipped with my ScanSnap S510 that I bought about 1-1/2 years ago. At some point, I read that for Win7 x64, I needed Adobe Reader 9, so I installed version 9.3.4. Then I read, NO, don't install different versions at the same time. AARRGGHH!

So, on Sept 10, I uninstalled both versions and only put back Adobe Acrobat 8 Standard version 8.2.4. That is how I am set up now. Here are the steps I took today. Maybe someone can see either something I did wrong or find a step I missed.
1. Installed the Adobe ifilter - PDFFilter64installer.msi
2. Opened Indexing Options-->Advanced-->File Types and checked the pdf and pdfxml boxes (next to the pdf file type, it does say "PDF Filter")
3. Under, "How should this file be indexed?" I made sure "Index Properties and File Contents" was selected.
4. Opened System Properties-->Environment Variables and edited the Path Variable so it now contains - %SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0;C:\Program Files\ThinkPad\Bluetooth Software;C:\Program Files\ThinkPad\Bluetooth Software\syswow64;C:\Program Files\Intel\WiFi\bin;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Intel\WirelessCommon;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Lenovo;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Ulead Systems\MPEG;C:\Program Files (x86)\Lenovo\Access Connections;C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe PDF iFilter 9 for 64-bit platforms\bin
5. Rebooted
6. Opened Indexing Options-->Advanced and clicked on the "Rebuild" button at which point it started indexing.
It indexed 39,705 files in about 30 minutes - not a good sign, too quick. Of those, 4,365 are pdf files. My pdf files are a mix of documents downloaded from company websites (like monthly statements), scanned and OCR'ed with my ScanSnap S510; scanned with an HP AIO and OCR'ed with the HP software; scanned on an HP AIO using Acrobat 8 Standard and OCR'ed with Acrobat 8 Standard.

I tried a test. There are at least 28 pdf files, downloaded from 2 different financial websites, that contain the very unique last name of my financial advisor. These are NOT scanned and OCR'ed paper pages. I opened several of the files individually with Acrobat 8 Standard and made sure I could search & find his name within the documents - his name was found every time. I closed the documents and Acrobat 8 Standard. I clicked on the Windows Start button and typed his last name. It found 9 Word documents, a whole bunch of email messages - and 1 stinking pdf file!?!

What is wrong?

Any & all ideas, thoughts & suggestions are appreciated.

Thanks,

Gary
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Anonymous

2010-09-16T12:52:57+00:00

No ideas, huh? Bummer! Sure would like to get this working.
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