The Microsoft Filter Pack is available to download. This pack contains IFilters for some Microsoft applications, meaning that the Windows Indexing Service will index those specific formats.
Overview
This download will install and register IFilters with the Windows Indexing Service. These IFilters are used by Microsoft Search products to index the contents of specific document formats. This Filter Pack includes IFilters for the following formats: .docx, .docm, .pptx, .pptm, .xlsx, .xlsm, .xlsb, .zip, .one, .vdx, .vsd, .vss, .vst, .vdx, .vsx, and .vtx.
Because Windows Desktop Search (WDS) consumes IFilters from Windows Indexing Service, the IFilters will be automatically registered and available for use by WDS.
To register these IFilters with a specific Search product, please see the associated KB article below:
- Office SharePoint Server 2007 – Office SharePoint Server 2007 registration steps
- Search Server 2008 – Search Server 2008 registration steps
- SharePoint Portal Server 2003 – SharePoint Portal Server 2003 registration steps
- Windows SharePoint Services v3.0 – Windows SharePoint Services v3.0 registration steps
- Exchange Server 2007 – Exchange Server 2007 registration steps
- SQL Server 2005 – SQL Server 2005 registration steps
- SQL Server 2008 – SQL Server 2008 registration steps
System Requirements
- Supported Operating Systems: Windows Server 2003; Windows Vista; Windows XP
- This download works with the following programs:
- Office SharePoint Server 2007
- Search Server 2008
- Windows SharePoint Services v3.0
- SharePoint Portal Servicer 2003
- Exchange Server 2007
- SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2008
- Windows Desktop Search 3.1, Windows Search 4