Re: app is unable to "content index" this specific PDF. why?

[searchmaxxer]

SE (Search Everything) is able to "content index" other PDFs in a directory.

Update: my system details:
- am using the 32-bit version of Everything (x86), the portable version.
- on Windows 11

But it seems unable to "content index" this specific PDF:
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/duvqibxk ... ncm53&dl=0

E.g., if I do a "content search" for the word "dress", this PDF doesn't show up in the search results (it should, the word "dress" is on the top line on page 29).

Is it because:

1. this PDF is one of those "sandwich" PDFs. That is, the original text was scanned as an image, and then via OCR, an extra layer of text was added over the scanned images...
2. and SE is unable to work with such sorts of PDFs?

Note:

• I have installed the Adobe PDF iFilter 6.0 (32-bit). I decided to go for this one instead of the Adobe 64-bit PDF iFilter because I also use XYPlorer to content search PDFs, and XYPlorer is a 32-bit app, and so is unable to use the 64-bit iFilter.
• XYPlorer doesn't do "content indexing", but it is able to find the above PDF via a "content search" on the word "dress".

Your thoughts?

[void]

Everything uses the system iFilter to search file content.

This is probably a limitation with the Adobe PDF iFilter.

The stock Windows PDF iFilter will find this file with

*.pdf content:dress

in Everything.



Please try the x86 version of Everything.
(uninstall the x64 version first)



The adobe PDF iFIlter will not work if Everything is running as administrator.

Please make sure Everything is installed correctly and running as a standard user:

• In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
• Click the General tab on the left.
• Check Store settings and data in %APPDATA%\Everything.
• Uncheck Run as administrator.
• Check Everything Service. (Please make sure this is tick-checked and not square-checked)
• Click OK.
• Exit Everything (from the File menu, click Exit).
• Restart Everything.

Everything 1.5 has the option to override the system iFilter.
To set Everything to use the Windows PDF iFilter: (override the Adobe PDF ifilter)

• In Everything 1.5, from the Tools menu, click Options.
• Click the Advanced tab on the left.
• To the right of Show settings containing, search for:
  ifilter
• Select: content_ifilter_handlers
• Set the value to: [{"filter":"*.pdf","handler":"{6C337B26-3E38-4F98-813B-FBA18BAB64F5}"}]
• Click OK.

[searchmaxxer]

(Replying to void above)

Am using 32-bit (i.e. x86) version of Everything 15a, in portable mode. That is, the zip file versoin.

So, the Adobe PDF iFilter, the Everything app, and XYPlorer are all 32-bit.

Everything has no problem indexing the content in many other PDFs in the same directory, so that aspect is working fine.

It only has a problem indexing the contents of that specific PDF.

I am not running Everything in admin mode.

{I'm using Everything for searching through content in a couple of Disks that are encrypted with Veracrypt, so they're not indexed locations in the stock Windows File Explorer "Indexing Options" (these disks are not loaded when Windows starts, and the Windows stock "Indexing Options" can only index locations that are available when Windows starts). Anyways, this shouldn't really be relevant because Everything is indeed able to index the contents of many other PDFs in the same directory, so clearly the PDF "content indexing" is working fine.}