Indexing Options missing from Control Panel in Windows Vista « Tom DoyleĪlso, here is another way to get into indexing options - that would have probably resolved my issue as well. Once this sucessfully ran, I can now access the indexing options.
Still no resolution, I still can't get to any indexing options.Īs per this website, I ran the srchadmin.dll from an administrator cmd prompt. So, I removed windows search 4 update, reinstalled. When I search for indexing options at start, no icons appear. When I open 'computer', then type in a search (to force the appearance of the search tools menu option across the top), then click on search tools, then click on indexing options - nothing happens. There is no control panel icon for any index options. When I try to update to windows search 4.0 I receive an error 'the update does not apply to your system' - this is using update filename
There are no entries, or subfolders, aside from a preferences folder that contains five cryptic entries such as this :-, all with values of 1. When I go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search Unfortunately I do not have a system restore point far enough back. I should also note that Windows Search 4 failed on the first install and then installed "correctly". There are many error messages in the event log. I think the problem may have been created by installing Nuance Software's professional PDF converter.
Should I change the datadirectory entry in regedit? I note that my Vista 64 bit machine also shows the data directory as: %programdata%\Microsoft\Search\Data\ and everything works fine.Ģ). However, the gathrprm.exe and schema.exe files in %programdata%\Microsoft\Search\Data\ appear to be the zero bit files I created yesterday. I did go there and there are the files that were NOT in the C:\users\robert\appdata\local directory. The Data Directory entry in regedit indicates: %programdata%\Microsoft\Search\Data\ Unfortunately I cannot risk the time and issues that can come with a reinstall right now.
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