Vista Search Results Blank

Using the search in Vista, I am getting a list of "blank page" icons with no
file information. This comes up by defoult in the "all" view. If I switch to
specific categorie views like "email", I will have correct results. I have
not been able to solve this, and can't find a cause. Please help!
--
D. Gonz

Hi D. Gonz,

Are you using Search Indexing? If yes, then you may need to rebuild the Index to get the correct results. Go to the link below and scroll down a bit until you see the "Rebuild Index" section.

Indexing Options

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Thanks for the tutorial - but none of these steps is a fix. The blank results
still fill the page.
--
D. Gonz



"brink" wrote:

>
> Imdgonz;375276 Wrote:
> > Using the search in Vista, I am getting a list of "blank page" icons
> > with no
> > file information. This comes up by defoult in the "all" view. If I
> > switch to
> > specific categorie views like "email", I will have correct results. I
> > have
> > not been able to solve this, and can't find a cause. Please help!
> > --
> > D. Gonz
>
> Hi D. Gonz,
>
> Are you using Search Indexing? If yes, then you may need to rebuild
> the Index to get the correct results. Go to the link below and scroll
> down a bit until you see the "Rebuild Index" section.
>
> Indexing Options
>
> Hope this helps,
> Shawn
>
>
> --
> brink
>
> *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.*
> '_www.Vistax64.com_' (http://www.vistax64.com/www.Vistax64.com)
> *Please post feedback to help others.*
>

D. Gonz,

You might try deleting the Indexing data folder. It is a bit more thorough than the Rebuild option. See this link for details on how to do it. Scroll down a bit until you see the section.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/69...rch.html?ltr=I

If this does not work for you, you might just disable the "Indexing Service" and use the regular more thorough Search feature instead. Details on how to diable are in the same link above. How to set up you Search options for a better search result is at this link below. You can use the same setting displayed in the screenshot at the link below for a complete hard drive search. It is a bit slower, but it will find everything.

Search Options

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Thanks again. I tried creating an entirely new indexing location and the same
"blank" results are on every search. The most frustrating part of this is
that it worked fine up until about 1 month ago. I may have to try a restore
and risk losing so many other things. how painful.
--
D. Gonz



"brink" wrote:

>
> Imdgonz;376589 Wrote:
> > Thanks for the tutorial - but none of these steps is a fix. The blank
> > results
> > still fill the page.
> > --
> > D. Gonz
> >
> >
>
> D. Gonz,
>
> You might try deleting the Indexing data folder. It is a bit more
> thorough than the Rebuild option. See this link for details on how to
> do it. Scroll down a bit until you see the section.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/2l6haq
>
> If this does not work for you, you might just disable the "Indexing
> Service" and use the regular more thorough Search feature instead.
> Details on how to diable are in the same link above. How to set up you
> Search options for a better search result is at this link below. You
> can use the same setting displayed in the screenshot at the link below
> for a complete hard drive search. It is a bit slower, but it will find
> everything.
>
> Search Options
>
> Hope this helps,
> Shawn
>
>
> --
> brink
>
> *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.*
> '_www.Vistax64.com_' (http://www.vistax64.com/www.Vistax64.com)
> *Please post feedback to help others.*
>

D.Gonz,

Sounds like a System Retore is about all that is left. You have my sympathy on what you might loose.

Good luck,
Shawn

Note: Deleting the indexed data location {C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search}is
not a good idea as it will most likely prevent indexing from working ever
again if you want to re-enable it. The right way to completely reset the
index is to go to the Indexing Control Panel -> Advanced -> and select
"Restore Defaults".

Also I wouldn't recommend resetting the the "Index this file for faster
searches" setting on every file. If you want to change which folders are
indexed, use the Indexing Control Panel. If you want to disable indexing
completely, use the Services Control Panel.

Having said all that, I'm afraid I don't have a great explanation why you
are seeing only blank icons in search results. I'll ask around ...

Dave Wood


"brink" <brink.2tipsg@no-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
news:brink.2tipsg@no-mx.forums.net...
>
> Imdgonz;376589 Wrote:
>> Thanks for the tutorial - but none of these steps is a fix. The blank
>> results
>> still fill the page.
>> --
>> D. Gonz
>>
>>
>
> D. Gonz,
>
> You might try deleting the Indexing data folder. It is a bit more
> thorough than the Rebuild option. See this link for details on how to
> do it. Scroll down a bit until you see the section.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/2l6haq
>
> If this does not work for you, you might just disable the "Indexing
> Service" and use the regular more thorough Search feature instead.
> Details on how to diable are in the same link above. How to set up you
> Search options for a better search result is at this link below. You
> can use the same setting displayed in the screenshot at the link below
> for a complete hard drive search. It is a bit slower, but it will find
> everything.
>
> Search Options
>
> Hope this helps,
> Shawn
>
>
> --
> brink
>
> *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.*
> '_www.Vistax64.com_' (http://www.vistax64.com/www.Vistax64.com)
> *Please post feedback to help others.*

Hi Dave,

When you have Indexing disabled, it will be ok to delete the data location. When you re-enable it, it will automatically rebuild itself. It is a more thorough and drastic way of doing it, but it usually helps when there is a major corruption problem. I tested it on my system and it rebuilds everytime. Your suggestion is the safest way of doing it though. Sometimes you just need to bring out the sledgehammer. (haha)

Shawn

We have had a number of cases where users delete the Search directory and
then can't get search working later {without copying a bunch of files from a
working machine}. There are various system files in that directory that
don't automatically get recreated. We are looking into changing this
behavior in future versions to make it more robust but for now I would no
recommend doing this. The "Restore Defaults" button is the sledgehammer in
this case ...

Dave


"brink" <brink.2tto83@no-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
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>
> 'Dave Wood [MS Wrote:
>> ;383804']Note: Deleting the indexed data location
>> {C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search}is
>> not a good idea as it will most likely prevent indexing from working
>> ever
>> again if you want to re-enable it. The right way to completely reset
>> the
>> index is to go to the Indexing Control Panel -> Advanced -> and select
>> "Restore Defaults".
>>
>> Also I wouldn't recommend resetting the the "Index this file for
>> faster
>> searches" setting on every file. If you want to change which folders
>> are
>> indexed, use the Indexing Control Panel. If you want to disable
>> indexing
>> completely, use the Services Control Panel.
>>
>> Having said all that, I'm afraid I don't have a great explanation why
>> you
>> are seeing only blank icons in search results. I'll ask around ...
>>
>> Dave Wood
>>
>>
>
> Hi Dave,
>
> When you have Indexing disabled, it will be ok to delete the data
> location. When you re-enable it, it will automatically rebuild itself.
> It is a more thorough and drastic way of doing it, but it usually helps
> when there is a major corruption problem. I tested it on my system and
> it rebuilds everytime. Your suggestion is the safest way of doing it
> though. Sometimes you just need to bring out the sledgehammer. (haha)
>
> Shawn
>
>
> --
> brink
>
> *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.*
> '_www.Vistax64.com_' (http://www.vistax64.com)
> *Please post feedback to help others.*

Ok Dave,

I will take that under advisement and remove that option from the site's post. Strange I never had a problem with it while testing or had a report of any problems.

Thank you,
Shawn