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Index - Windows Search Service How to Fix the Start Error For Windows Search Service to Enable the Index in Vista Published by Brink 08-17-2007 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Vista home basic 32 bit | Thank you for the precise directions. In following them I discovered that I do not have the "gathrptm.txt" file anywhere on my laptop. Is there anywhere I can find this file, web searches have only shown this repair site? millsman27 |
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| Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | Re: Index - Windows Search Service Hi Millsman27, My apologies. There was a typo. It should be the gathrprm.txt file to search for. Make sure that you have Show hidden files and folders checked in Folder Options, and have system files included in the Search Options. Sorry, ![]() Shawn |
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| Vista home basic 32 bit | Re: Index - Windows Search Service That did it! Everything is back to normal and we are on our way to 'computational bliss". Thanks again for you assistance, I was lost! Steve |
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| Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | Re: Index - Windows Search Service Your welcome Steve, Glad to hear your problem is now resolved. Thank you for the feedback. Shawn |
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| vista 32bit | well awesome thanx so much i am so happy my computer is alive again no more errors fantastic trust me everyone if you had the problems i had this works a treat ![]() thank you so much to the person who posted the answer to my problems well magic ![]() i was a little worried at first but this works i have been putting up with the message your search index has stopped working for 5 months pulling my hair out but now my pc running real smooth and lots faster cheers to you............ |
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| Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | Re: Index - Windows Search Service Your welcome Amanda, and welcome to Vista Forums. ![]() I'm glad to hear that it fixed your problem for you. Thank you for the feedback. Shawn |
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| 32 bit home premium | Re: Index - Windows Search Service I've gone through all the steps but still to no avail. Originally i have 2 hard drives my C drive with Vista on, and a 300gb 2nd drive that i partitioned. Since i partitioned it indexing no longer works. In the indexing options everything is greyed like in your tutorial, but when i try to start windows search in the services i get this error: Windows could not start the windows search service on local computer. Error 3: The system cannot find the path specified. I have copied the files you have said and tried to do it manually, done system restore and Vista repair and even spoke to microsoft but still nothing. Do you know of anyway to fix without doing a fresh install? ![]() |
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| Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | Re: Index - Windows Search Service Hi Tai, Welcome to Vista Forums. ![]() If you did everything exactly in the tutorial, then I cannot think of anything else to do but a clean reinstall. Sorry, ![]() Shawn |
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| Vista Home Premium 64 bit | My problem was a little different - search service was working, but flailing - generating 100s of Error 3090 when I looked at the event viewer. I tried starting and restarting the indexer to no avail. So I tried this (link found in Microsoft communities) - and it worked!!! Oh thanks so much, Brink. Especially since I did not have a restore point from before the problem started. |
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