https://www.fileseek.ca/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=d6083f13-3422-49a0-a57b-e396c6b99a72 FileSeek RSS: weird search results Thu, 16 Apr 2026 16:45:51 GMT en hourly 1 https://www.fileseek.ca/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=d6083f13-3422-49a0-a57b-e396c6b99a72 https://www.fileseek.ca/Discussions/View/weird-search-results/?ID=d6083f13-3422-49a0-a57b-e396c6b99a72#5 Thu, 23 Oct 2014 19:39:31 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.fileseek.ca/Discussions/View/weird-search-results/?ID=d6083f13-3422-49a0-a57b-e396c6b99a72#5 FileSeek It looks like the file handler for PDF files is broken on your system, so it's falling back to just a plain text search of the file. Could you try installing the PDF file handler from the link below to see if that helps? Note that you'll need to restart FileSeek before it will use the new handler.

http://www.fileseek.ca/FAQ/#filehandlers ]]> https://www.fileseek.ca/Discussions/View/weird-search-results/?ID=d6083f13-3422-49a0-a57b-e396c6b99a72#4 Wed, 22 Oct 2014 21:55:55 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.fileseek.ca/Discussions/View/weird-search-results/?ID=d6083f13-3422-49a0-a57b-e396c6b99a72#4 FileSeek ... but after a while, the application does find the pdf files that contain the phrase searched for correctly, see the screenshot. ]]> https://www.fileseek.ca/Discussions/View/weird-search-results/?ID=d6083f13-3422-49a0-a57b-e396c6b99a72#3 Wed, 22 Oct 2014 20:55:17 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.fileseek.ca/Discussions/View/weird-search-results/?ID=d6083f13-3422-49a0-a57b-e396c6b99a72#3 FileSeek I have the exact same issue: lots of "COM object is NULL" and "Failed to call IPersistFile::Load " errors - please find a screenshot attached.
- Pieter ]]> https://www.fileseek.ca/Discussions/View/weird-search-results/?ID=d6083f13-3422-49a0-a57b-e396c6b99a72#2 Tue, 14 Oct 2014 19:06:19 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.fileseek.ca/Discussions/View/weird-search-results/?ID=d6083f13-3422-49a0-a57b-e396c6b99a72#2 FileSeek Which type of files are returning that error, or is it every single file? ]]> https://www.fileseek.ca/Discussions/View/weird-search-results/?ID=d6083f13-3422-49a0-a57b-e396c6b99a72 Mon, 13 Oct 2014 17:40:58 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.fileseek.ca/Discussions/View/weird-search-results/?ID=d6083f13-3422-49a0-a57b-e396c6b99a72 FileSeek I recently moved to a new computer... I used fileseek a lot on my last project, so I re-installed it on my new computer. but it seems to behave differently, and I can't figure out what setting is incorrect.

But if I use: *.*, or another "include files:" type, every single type of that file type seems to show up in the search - but what I expect, is that it only return files of that type with the query in their name/contents (based on advanced options set of course.)

But what I am getting as the 'Line' is this for pretty much any query:

COM Object is NULL: IFilter [BFClientTools.BFNativeInterfaces+IFilter]

I think this is related to "File Handlers"... but if anyone can help me out I would appreciate it. ]]>