Search Error HRESULT E_FAIL has been returned from a call to a COM component

Question

Recently our content source for teh sharepoint sites no longer crawls and instead throws up the Error HRESULT E_FAIL has been returned from a call to a COM component

I had a look on the web and the only solution has been to change impersonation settings from false to true in the web config. Unfortunately ours was already set to true and I still have this error. Cannot get the crawl to work in sharepoint now.

Answer 1

I have exactly the same problem.. Right now I'm thinking recent updates that where installed.

Answer 2

Had any joy with yours?

Answer 3

Any events in application log or any errors in SharePoint ULS log?

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Henrik A. Halmstrand
http:/www.sharepointrevealed.com
http://getspconfig.codeplex.com

Answer 4

Check this too:

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/identitylifecyclemanager/thread/05f7f638-fc16-4a0e-92e8-91d9959684bc/

 

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Regards

Henrik A. Halmstrand
http:/www.sharepointrevealed.com
http://getspconfig.codeplex.com

Answer 5

Nothing in event viewer about this, and when I start a full crawl of my local sites it generates no errors in event viewer.

 

also that article confuses me as it seems to not be about sharepoint?

Answer 6

Okay, enable verbose mode logging and provide us with a text version, maybe we'll find something there. Check also and COM related error in your Windows logs.

 

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Regards

Henrik A. Halmstrand
http:/www.sharepointrevealed.com
http://getspconfig.codeplex.com

Answer 7

Hello Alex Bradshaw,

We seem to be having the same problem which you have stated in this thread, with Sharepoint Server 2010 Search functionality.

I have set , impersonate = true in web.config

Turned on Verbose Mode in my virtualDirectory

Tried googling the error.....But in vain.

Is your error fixed, ??

Kindly let me know the solution if you have done it.

Answer 8

Hello Sandor,

Did you install recent updates for sharepoint ?

Did they work ?

Answer 9

Alex / Henrik ,

Guess what , I got this issue fixed

Please install Service Pack 1 for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 (KB2460045)

find it here

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/confirmation.aspx?id=26623

and follow the configuration steps to install it,

Restart Server -> Run the Products configuration wizard -> Start Search Service -> Crawl all your data again -> Voila !!! You are Done :)

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Srikant N

Answer 10

Check the web application's website in IIS 7.

Under Authentication, make sure ASP.NET Impersonation is ENABLED. Mine was disabled and caused this error. If you have applications in SharePoint that need this disabled, you might want to extend the web application it another IIS website and Disable impersonation for users, keeping the default web application's zone enabled for search crawls on that URL.

Answer 11

Hi Eric

Error is resolved by enabling ASP.NET Impersonation.

Thank you.

Answer 12

Thank you!

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Diego