I have now resolved the problem in my
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- Oct 25, 2017 2 Windows 10 x86 32 bit computer with Adobe Reader XI. 3 Windows 10 x64 computer with Adobe Reader DC,. 1 For Windows 7 x64, I downloaded & installed the latest version of Adobe’s 64 bit iFilter - see Adobe - Acrobat For Windows PDF iFilter 64 11.0.01.
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1Windows 7 x64, computer [with Adobe Reader XI],
2Windows 10 x86 [32 bit] computer [with Adobe Reader XI].
3Windows 10 x64 computer [with Adobe Reader DC], and
1For Windows 7 x64, I downloaded & installed the latest version of Adobe’s 64 bit iFilter - see Adobe - AcrobatFor WindowsPDF iFilter 64 11.0.01.
I assumed that the Windows indexer would be confused by the change of indexing filter so I deleted the index and let Windows rebuild it - Control panel, [View by - Small icons, if necessary], Indexing options, Advanced.It took a couple of hours.
I then tested searching for text in pdf files and it worked correctly.
Before rebuilding the index, I checked all the folders included in indexing and adjusted them as a few were no longer relevant - that’s in Control panel, [View by - Small icons, if necessary], Indexing options, Modify.I could have done that at any time as it’s a fairly routine task.
2All the online information I had studied referred to the PDF indexing problem [& hence the Windows search problem] as being confined to 64 bit OS.So I just rebuilt the index in my Windows 10 x86 [32 bit] computer instead to see what that would achieve - {right-click on the Start button}, Control panel, [View by - Small icons, if necessary], Indexing options, Advanced.It took at least five hours as it is a very old computer.
I then tested searching for text in pdf files and it worked correctly.
3I noted in the Adobe link above that Adobe’s 64 bit iFilter is not described as being Windows 10 compatible.So, for my Windows 10 x64 computer, I thought I’d just try rebuilding the index instead to see what that would achieve - - {right-click on the Start button}, Control panel, [View by - Small icons, if necessary], Indexing options, Advanced.It took a couple of hours.
I then tested searching for text in pdf files and it worked correctly.
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I was keen to get Windows search working properly because I often use it in [Windows 7] Windows explorer / [Windows 10] File explorer.
I use the Adobe Reader “Search” function [rather than its “Find” function] a lot as well.I frequently create pdf files by printing to pdf when I read web pages that I might want to refer to later, by using Word’s “Save as pdf” capability for lots of reference documents such as technical procedures and by saving any scanned documents in pdf “Image on text” format.
Now that I have both search functions working correctly, I can use them in conjunction with each other to very good effect.
I search from Windows explorer / File explorer first as that identifies the files containing the text I’m interested in.I can open & look at whatever I want as you’d expect.
Then, if the pdf files identified in the Windows search results are very long, I open them in Adobe Reader and use its “Search” function.The tree-like presentation of its results makes referring to specific topics within large pdf files a breeze.This screenshot shows one of two results within a large pdf file, I select each result and Adobe Reader automatically takes me to it within the document itself so I can jump around the document backwards and forwards to any of the search hits.Incidentally, the screenshot also illustrates the fact that Reader’s search function can search within whole folder trees - the unexpanded entries you can see in the search results are the other pdf documents where the search term was found in that group of folders so I can jump around search hits within multiple pdf documents easily.
Pdf Ifilter Windows 10
It is this “search” function that keeps me using Adobe Reader.I posted a more detailed review of this function in
[the same information is also in A Guide to Using Windows Search; Two Alternatives to Windows - Wiki]
Foxit Pdf Ifilter Windows 10
Index Pdf Documents Windows 10
I have seen several other pdf readers recommended as being faster or less demanding of system resources. Foxit Reader has an advanced search function that is more convenient than Adobe's as it is built-in to the standard toolbar. I don't know if Sumatra PDF or Nitro PDF Reader have an equivalent. [This para was edited 23 Dec 2015]