Monday, January 9, 2012

SharePoint : Broken PDF file icon, Search not indexing pdf documents

Issue 1 : PDF file icon is missing in SharePoint server. SharePoint UI shown broken image URL.
Issue 2: SharePoint Search is not indexing PDF document.


Solution :
                Install PDF  iFilter  from 


Please see the original article  from MSDN http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2293357


Configure Adobe iFilter based on steps mentioned below: http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=4025


  • Install PDF iFilter 9.0 (64 bit) from  http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=4025
  • Download PDF icon picture from Adobe web site http://www.adobe.com/misc/linking.html  and copy to C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\TEMPLATE\IMAGES\ 
  • Add the following entry in docIcon.xml file, which can be found at: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\TEMPLATE\XML
  • Add pdf file type on the File Type page under Search Service Application
  • Open regedit
  • Navigate to the following location:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office Server\14.0\Search\Setup\ContentIndexCommon\Filters\Extension
  • Right-click > Click New > Key to create a new key for .pdf
  • Add the following GUID in the default value {E8978DA6-047F-4E3D-9C78-CDBE46041603}
  • Restart the SharePoint Server Search 14
    • net stop osearch14
    • net start osearch14
  • Reboot the SharePoint servers in Farm
  • Perform FULL Crawl to get search result.
Once the crawl is completed we will get search results and pdf icon