[Anawratha]

Hi Leute!
Hab da mal ein Problem mit der Windows-Suche unter Vista:
Musste einen HDD-Wechsel vornehmen (defekt) - nun existiert der Pfad zum Index-Ordner nicht mehr - hatte ihn von c: auf eine andere HDD verlegt.
Der Dienst kann nun nicht mehr gestartet werden - Fehlermeldung: Pfad nicht gefunden...
Hab schon reichlich versucht: Änderung der entsprechenden Pfade in der Registry, Erstellung eines entsprechenden Laufwerkes mit "Subst"-Befehl - nichts hilft! Wenn der Dienst nicht gestartet ist, können ja auch die Einstellungen nicht verändert werden....MIST!
Wie kann der SearchIndexer neu initialisiert bzw. installiert werden? .... aber BITTE NICHT durch eine Neuinstallation!!

[Anawratha]

Habe das Problem jetzt lösen können!! Es gibt da einen (zufällig gefundenen) Eintrag im MSDN-Forum!
Vielleicht hilft es anderen Leidensgenossen ebenfalls weiter - bei mir hat es wunderbar funktioniert - ist allerdings etwas tricky...!

Zitat:

Forum: http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn
Search: [Vista 6000] [Search Indexer] Stoped Working And Was Closed
...
I was able to fix my problem with WS (well, part of it at least). This is what I did.
I followed the instructions posted here on where to look for and copy these files: gathrprm, msscolmn, schema:
Go to C:\Windows\winsxs\x86_windowssearchengine_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.
6000.16386_none_47e1b1bb326f0fb4
And copy those three files and put them in a secure folder somewhere else in your computer where they are very accesible.
Then make sure to go to Services (Start button > Type Services), double click on Windows Search, select Startup Type = Disabled and then hit Stop on Service status. Dont close this window yet, since sometimes the Windows Service starts automatically. If that happens, you wont continue with the next steps and going back to the Services window will allow you to stop the service again, if necessary.
Go to data folders created by Windows Search (in your C drive and in the Index Location you chose when you 1st ran WS, and delete all the files inside them, but leave the empty folders (if windows gives you errors when deleting, go back to Services and make sure WS is Stopped, or hard-delete the files with Shift+Delet because they may be too big for your trash can). These should be the data folders and their respective locations (names with * are text files, the rest are folders):

C:\Windows\System32\Search
> Config > *gathrprm, *msscolmn, *schema
> Data > Config > *gathrprm, *schema

your new Index Location (in my case is an external HD)

J:\Articles > Search
> Config > *gathrprm, *msscolmn, *schema
> Data
> Applications > Windows > Config > *gathrprm, *schema
> Config > *gathrprm, *schema
> Temp > usgthrsvc

Make sure to delete all the "gathrprm, msscolmn, schema" occurences and any other file or folder that are not called: Config, Data, Applications, Windows, Temp and usgthrsvc. Everything else you can delete. If you have many files, these data files may be very very large, just take your time deleting them. Temp is ussually empty, but check it any ways.

Then, go to Run > regedit > and open these folders: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > then SOFTWARE > then Microsoft > Windows Search.

On the right, you will get details of the Windows Search Registry. These are the most important places you should look for: from the 13 files in that window, make sure that:

(Default)
DataDirectory
FailedMoveNewDataLocation
FailedMoveOldDataLocation

and

InstallDirectory

Match with the information in this folder: Gathering Manager, which is a folder located on the left.

In the registry keys of the Windows Search folder (the 1st one) you can make changes, but not in the keys of the Gathering Manager. Make sure that the info in Gathering Manager matches to the T with the info in Windows Search.
Create folders in the data destination folders (mentioned above) if they do not exist, following the break-down from the keys on Gathering Manager, this is pretty much a fixed map, and the info on the Windows Search folder does not match, you will have problems with the software.
After you have made your changes and corrections, go back to the Windows Search folder (the 1st one), click on SetupCompletedSuccessfully and make sure it says 0, not one. Also the same for MustRecover & UseLowPriorityConfiguration.

Close all the windows and RESTART...

After restart, open the Indexing Options menue (Start > type Indexing...). Make sure it says that it is not working or that it has been stopped and that all of the boxes are grayed-out. If that's the case, then proceed, if not, make sure to go to Services (Start > type Services), look for Windows Search and turn it off like mentioned above: Startup Type = Disabled and then hit Stop on Service status.

Open the folder where you saved these files: gathrprm, msscolmn, schema;

Now, open the roots of the data locations for WS, like mentioned above, and paste those files back into those empty folders, following the same break-down:

C:\Windows\System32\Search
> Config > *gathrprm, *msscolmn, *schema
> Data > Config > *gathrprm, *schema

your new Index Location (in my case is an external HD)

J:\Articles > Search
> Config > *gathrprm, *msscolmn, *schema
> Data

> Applications > Windows > Config > *gathrprm, *schema
> Config > *gathrprm, *schema
> Temp > usgthrsvc

Now, with those files back in those folders, go back to Services, select Windows Search, make Startup Type: Automatic and hit Start. Your WS, in theory, should start working perfectly fine.... or at least most of it.
I have done this many times and it works. The key is to match in the info from the WS registry and that those files and folders exist for real in the correct locations. Again, you can't change the info on Gathering Manager but you can in Windows Search.

Hope this helps!

Miguel