Vista - Index - Windows Search Service

Hello JDmej, and welcome to Vista Forums.

Did you leave the Windows Search service set to just Automatic and restart the computer after doing Step Two and Step Three?

Check to make sure that the Remote Procedure Call (RPC) service is set to Automatic and Started as well. If you cannot get it started, then leave it on Automatic and restart to.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

yes everything is set to automatic. here's the strange thing though. I just had it with this problem so I removed Windows Search 4.0 from the installed updates list in Control Panel and somehow that fixed the problem.


THE BUTTONS WERE NOT GRAY ANYMORE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! but......................

i am not sure what exactly windows search 4.0 does for my system but I think that I need it because the reason that I started to notice this evolving problem was in MICROSOFT OUTLOOK 2007 SP1. I used to search for emails using the indexed emails search box and suddenly it didn't work. I looked for similar probelms online and stumbled accross the GREY BUTTON ISSUE with the index options.

So now my question would be, how to Install Windows Search 4.0 without it having conflicts with the INDEX OPTIONS in the control panel.

Because really my solution to the GREY BUTTONS is to remove the WINDOWS SEARCH 4.0 UPDATE from add/remove programs restart my PC and everything in the CONTROL PANEL>INDEX OPTIONS worked.

Now of course this is after I made sure that all the steps in your guide were followed carefully.


Otherwise just replacing those files and making sure the SERVICES were set to automatic didn't do much IN MY CASE.

I had to remove windows search 4.0 and now I see and am able to click the buttons that were once GREY.


At this point I am testing out Microsoft Outlook 2007 sp1 to see if it works without having to install WINDOWS SEARCH 4.0.

I would like to hear what you guys think about my case. thank you for the time

JDmej,

Thank you for sharing your results so far. The other installation of Windows Search 4.0 may have been corrupted ,so you might try installing it again now that you have the Index back to see if it will install without problems. If not, you can just uninstall it again.

Looking forward to reading your results.

Shawn

I just did and the same thing. Grey buttons and outlook shows no results when I try to search for a file that is clearly visible.

What now ?

This is really frustrating.

thank you for the help

I would uninstall Windows Search 4.0 again, and do the tutorial again if needed. You might alos post this question in the subforum Microsoft Office in the Software forum to see if anyone else with Office has experienced this problem to. They may know of a solution for you.

WOW, now here is something really strange. When I reinstalled the Windows Search 4.0 update, it deleted the CONFIG folder along with the WINDOWS folder inside Applications. Strange right ? It was there and after applying the update it deleted those two folders.


WOOOOOW. It gets worse, I just created the folder WINDOWS inside APPLICATIONS and WINDOWS suddenly dissappears.

WHAT COULD POSSIBLY BE DELETING THIS FOLDER ? NORMAL SERVICES ARE RUNNING IN THE BACKGROUND, AND ITS A VIRUS FREE ENVIRONMENT.

I noticed that when Windows Search 4.0 is installed the Config folder is now in the Windows folder inside of the Applications folder instead. The relocated Config folder should still have the gathrprm.txt and schema.txt files in it.

actually the folders that disappear are "WINDOWS" and "CONFIG" along with its contents

I have discovered that the Index location is no longer stored at C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data by default. Instead it is now located at C:\Users\User_Name\AppData\Local\Search\Data. The Config folder is now in the Windows folder inside of the Applications folder instead. The relocated Config folder is empty now to.

ok I see what your'e saying now here's whats strange. The directory SEARCH does not exist in LOCAL. What I did was to copy and past THAT directory from the old location BUT I left the CONFIG folder empty.

I did create a WINDOWS folder and it stayed their without magicly dissappearing. I am going to restart my PC to see what happens. oh yeah and thanks again