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  1. #1
    keNeff Guest

    Indexing fails to start ('can't find file specified...')

    In control panel, I can't change any settings for indexing because 'Indexing
    is not Running'. In Services, I select Start for the Windows Search and it
    proceeds in starting partway but ends with the message '...Can't find the
    file specified'.

    WinVista Business; upgrade from winXp Pro
    (around 21Mar changed the location of index (off c:))

    The following are suggestive but I cant interpret further:
    (21Mar various logs:)
    Details:
    The content index server cannot update or access information because of a
    database error. Stop and restart the search service. If the problem
    persists, reset and recrawl the content index. In some cases it may be
    necessary to delete and recreate the content index. (0x8004117f)
    Log Name: Application
    Source: Microsoft-Windows-Search
    Date: 3/21/2007 1:30:42 PM
    Event ID: 3038
    Task Category: Gatherer
    Level: Error
    Keywords: Classic
    User: N/A
    Computer:
    ()
    Description:
    The gatherer is unable to read the registry DocIdMapFile.

    Context: Application, SystemIndex Catalog

    Details:
    The system cannot find the file specified. (0x80070002)
    ()

    Log Name: Application
    Source: Microsoft-Windows-Search
    Date: 3/21/2007 1:30:44 PM
    Event ID: 3028
    Task Category: Gatherer
    Level: Error
    Keywords: Classic
    User: N/A
    Description:
    The gatherer object cannot be initialized.

    Context: Windows Application, SystemIndex Catalog

    Details:
    The registry value cannot be read because the configuration is invalid.
    Recreate the content index configuration by removing the content index.
    (0x80040d03)



  2. #2
    Dave Wood [MS] Guest

    Re: Indexing fails to start ('can't find file specified...')

    Have you moved the location of the index to somewhere that is now
    inaccesible, or that maybe got deleted? That seems to what these errors are
    pointing to. If so, can you restore this location?

    Also what is the reg key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows
    Search\SetupCompletedSuccessfully set to? If it is set to 1, you can try
    setting it to 0 and rebooting and seeing if that causes the system to
    recover.

    Dave Wood

    "keNeff" <krhon@no.spam.juno.com> wrote in message
    news:%23OqVWfRcHHA.1240@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
    > In control panel, I can't change any settings for indexing because
    > 'Indexing is not Running'. In Services, I select Start for the Windows
    > Search and it proceeds in starting partway but ends with the message
    > '...Can't find the file specified'.
    >
    > WinVista Business; upgrade from winXp Pro
    > (around 21Mar changed the location of index (off c:))
    >
    > The following are suggestive but I cant interpret further:
    > (21Mar various logs:)
    > Details:
    > The content index server cannot update or access information because of a
    > database error. Stop and restart the search service. If the problem
    > persists, reset and recrawl the content index. In some cases it may be
    > necessary to delete and recreate the content index. (0x8004117f)
    > Log Name: Application
    > Source: Microsoft-Windows-Search
    > Date: 3/21/2007 1:30:42 PM
    > Event ID: 3038
    > Task Category: Gatherer
    > Level: Error
    > Keywords: Classic
    > User: N/A
    > Computer:
    > ()
    > Description:
    > The gatherer is unable to read the registry DocIdMapFile.
    >
    > Context: Application, SystemIndex Catalog
    >
    > Details:
    > The system cannot find the file specified. (0x80070002)
    > ()
    >
    > Log Name: Application
    > Source: Microsoft-Windows-Search
    > Date: 3/21/2007 1:30:44 PM
    > Event ID: 3028
    > Task Category: Gatherer
    > Level: Error
    > Keywords: Classic
    > User: N/A
    > Description:
    > The gatherer object cannot be initialized.
    >
    > Context: Windows Application, SystemIndex Catalog
    >
    > Details:
    > The registry value cannot be read because the configuration is invalid.
    > Recreate the content index configuration by removing the content index.
    > (0x80040d03)
    >
    >



  3. #3
    R. C. White, MVP Guest

    Re: Indexing fails to start ('can't find file specified...')

    Hi, Dave.

    Indexing WAS working for me after I installed Vista Ultimate x64 (for the
    last time?) in December. But it was filling up Drive C:! Something like 12
    GB and still growing. So in January, I created a new 30 GB Drive T: (I've
    got plenty of hard drive space.) and tried to move the Index file to there,
    using Indexing Options. In a day or two, Drive T: had 8 GB of Index - and
    Drive C: STILL had 12 GB. When Indexing Options finally completed, it said
    it had indexed just over 1 million files. (Mostly old .eml and .nws
    archives.) But Search was working well - and FAST! ;<)

    I never did figure out why all or some of the Index was still on C:. To
    free that space, I tried simply deleting the index data files on both T: and
    C:, resigning myself to a week or so of rebuilding the entire index from
    scratch onto T:. After deleting the index, though, the Indexing process did
    not start again. After trying everything I could think of the Services and
    in Indexing Options, I tried tweaking the Registry (including the
    SetupCompletedSuccessfully key). That didn't work, either.

    Now, Indexing Options tells me simply that "Indexing is not running", and
    the Modify and Advanced buttons are greyed out, leaving Close as my only
    option. The SetupCompletedSuccessfully key value is now 0; I rebooted and
    it is still 0.

    Now, of course, I can't recall all of the changes that I made. But the
    bottom line is that I can't get the Indexing Service started again. Is a
    complete reinstallation of Vista required?

    RC
    --
    R. C. White, CPA
    San Marcos, TX
    rc@grandecom.net
    Microsoft Windows MVP
    (Running Windows Mail in Vista Ultimate x64)

    "Dave Wood [MS]" <davewood@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
    news:uATY%238YcHHA.4172@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
    > Have you moved the location of the index to somewhere that is now
    > inaccesible, or that maybe got deleted? That seems to what these errors
    > are pointing to. If so, can you restore this location?
    >
    > Also what is the reg key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows
    > Search\SetupCompletedSuccessfully set to? If it is set to 1, you can try
    > setting it to 0 and rebooting and seeing if that causes the system to
    > recover.
    >
    > Dave Wood
    >
    > "keNeff" <krhon@no.spam.juno.com> wrote in message
    > news:%23OqVWfRcHHA.1240@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
    >> In control panel, I can't change any settings for indexing because
    >> 'Indexing is not Running'. In Services, I select Start for the Windows
    >> Search and it proceeds in starting partway but ends with the message
    >> '...Can't find the file specified'.
    >>
    >> WinVista Business; upgrade from winXp Pro
    >> (around 21Mar changed the location of index (off c:))
    >>
    >> The following are suggestive but I cant interpret further:
    >> (21Mar various logs:)
    >> Details:
    >> The content index server cannot update or access information because of a
    >> database error. Stop and restart the search service. If the problem
    >> persists, reset and recrawl the content index. In some cases it may be
    >> necessary to delete and recreate the content index. (0x8004117f)
    >> Log Name: Application
    >> Source: Microsoft-Windows-Search
    >> Date: 3/21/2007 1:30:42 PM
    >> Event ID: 3038
    >> Task Category: Gatherer
    >> Level: Error
    >> Keywords: Classic
    >> User: N/A
    >> Computer:
    >> ()
    >> Description:
    >> The gatherer is unable to read the registry DocIdMapFile.
    >>
    >> Context: Application, SystemIndex Catalog
    >>
    >> Details:
    >> The system cannot find the file specified. (0x80070002)
    >> ()
    >>
    >> Log Name: Application
    >> Source: Microsoft-Windows-Search
    >> Date: 3/21/2007 1:30:44 PM
    >> Event ID: 3028
    >> Task Category: Gatherer
    >> Level: Error
    >> Keywords: Classic
    >> User: N/A
    >> Description:
    >> The gatherer object cannot be initialized.
    >>
    >> Context: Windows Application, SystemIndex Catalog
    >>
    >> Details:
    >> The registry value cannot be read because the configuration is invalid.
    >> Recreate the content index configuration by removing the content index.
    >> (0x80040d03)



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