I receive the following error when searching pdfs:

Failed to call CreateInstance. [HRf: -2147467259]Error HRESULT E_FAIL has been returned from a call(more)

I am running 32-bit Vista with Adobe Reader 10.1.9. I have "Process file contents using File Handlers (slower)" selected in the "Advanced" tab. My pdf file handler is:

C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader\10.0\Reader\AcroRdlF.dll 10.1.9.22

Fileseek will find queries in the pdf title but not in the content. I get the above error instead.

What am I missing? Thanks, Brian

That fixed it - thanks!

I too am getting the same

Failed to call CreateInstance. [HR: -2147467259] Error HRESULT E_FAIL has been returned from a call(more)

I have already installed Adobe PDF iFilter v6.0

Hi Keith,

I have recently been "downgraded" to Win7 - which is why I am looking for a decently functional file search utility.

Fileseek will show me all the .pdf files that it cannot search if I do not tick the plug-in box, but when the search is refined it does not find the files in which I know the search terms reside . . .

Pretty sure we only have 32-bit, Keith . . .

Attached as requested

Running - could take a while - large folder on a network server . . .

Will post when done . . .

Sorry Keith, for some reason it "fell over" on me . . . will try to run again today . . .

Suddenly it seems to be finding the .pdf files . . .

However I need some advice on search terms. Some of our searching is liable to be quite specific and following the guidelines (as best I could find them) I wanted to search for the individual term "Section Container", however if I use "Section + Container" it finds all instances of botheh "Section" and "Container". Can I effectively tailor the search to find only both words together ? ? ?

I'm getting the following errors when I search PDF's with file handlers selected :



I have Adobe Acrobat Pro 11.0.07 installed on Windows 7 x64. I installed PDF iFilter 64 11.0.01 from here (http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=5542) and I added the "bin" folder to my system PATH environment variable as described and rebooted.

Below is a screen shot:



As indicated in the image above, the error does not occur with all PDF's.

Thanks Keith!

Replacing version 11 with version 9 seems to have gotten rid of the errors but I find it strange that now I find more matches when I don't use the File Handler.

For example:

I find 29 matches for a word when I search a particular folder that contains twelve PDF's. When I tick 'Process file contents using File Handlers (slower)', I find only 12 matches.

What am I not understanding?

Without handlers:


With handlers:

Nope...

If I tick 'Only show first result for each file', I get 5 results without the handlers and 12 results with the handlers. When I use the handlers, I get 12 results with or without ticking 'Only show first result for each file'. I get 29 matches without handlers and without 'Only show first result for each file' being ticked. By the way, there are 12 files in that folder.

ifilter version 9 64-bit moved. but found it from CNET downloads. ... it's working, but I do get "PDF file was searched but contained no text" if quick and easy way to suppress those file hit, still looking for that answer ... thanks!

As I'm upgrading to Windows 10 on my a few licensed laptops, I keep having to re-discover and solve searching PDFs by installing ifilter. Again today.

Do you have to load Adobe Reader DC?

Latest Adobe Reader DC "Windows 10"
https://get.adobe.com/reader/

PDF iFilter 64 11.0.01 PDFFilter64Setup here
https://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/thankyou.jsp?ftpID=5542&fileID=5550

After reboot, when searching PDFs, I now get

Failed to call IPersistFile:Load. [HR: -2147467263]
The method or operation is not implemented.

And a few minutes later, FileSeek has stopped working

Windows 10 1511 build 10586.318

Advanced uninstaller unable to uninstall ifilter, due to process from C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe
Trying to stop Windows Search / WSearch affects W10 dependencies

I was trying to uninstall 11, to try v9 on Windows 10, but stuck at the moment.

Any other suggestions? Is v9 on W10 the best approach.
Any requirement for Adobe Reader? I tend to use other PDF readers.

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For PDF iFilter version 9 PDFFilter64Setup here
Thought the link below might work, but CNET dowload wants a session link, version 9 should be http://dw.cbsi.com/redir?ttag=restart_download_click&ptid=3001&pagetype=product_pdl&astid=2&edid=3&tag=link&siteid=4&destUrl=&onid=13455&oid=3001-13455_4-53528&rsid=cbsidownloadcomsite&sl=en&sc=us&topicguid=digitalphoto%2Fphoto-sharing-publishing&topicbrcrm=&pid=11015070&mfgid=50607&merid=50607&ctype=dm&cval=NONE&devicetype=desktop&pguid=320bbf255794fe65c3e6cadf&viewguid=dD320IJojQe-SGK-8dtKpaSLhpzuOJvs9gnt&destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fdownload.adobe.com%2Fpub%2Fadobe%2Facrobat%2Fwin%2F9.x%2FPDFiFilter64installer.zip

...maybe someone can decipher from the above, an alternate, similar to
https://download.adobe.com/pub/adobe/acrobat/win/9.x/PDFiFilter64installer.zip

Longer term, will there be a way to get the file handler, and or no filter option, to work without finding this post? Searching PDFs is one of the things I need most often.

Thanks