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
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.