(SPS 2003) The address could not be found, (0x80042404 - A document IFilter cannot be initialized. The document or IFilter may contain errors. )

Question

Hi,

I got the following error when i start the process of "Portal content update" with incremental option in SPS 2003 Configure Search and Indexing, Errors from last update:  19,345 , once i click on the link i got a list including the following error

sts2://myportal/webid=000/listid={9401abe0-90da-43cd-b96f-118e09d558a6}/itemid=6791
 
The address could not be found, (0x80042404 - A document IFilter cannot be initialized. The document or IFilter may contain errors. )

when I try to click on the link above I get the error: "Cannot convert the URL to a form readable by the browser. The service may not be accessible, or the content might have been removed".

Please any help?

Regards,

Tarek Ghazali
SQL Server MVP
Web Site: http://www.sqlmvp.com

 

 

 

Answer 1

Your are facing a know issue and here is microsoft hotfix for the problem:

Description of the SharePoint Portal Server 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: June 16, 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/919175


Please check if you have following install.

If not then install and update your farm.

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