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Changing the location of the SharePoint Server Search Service Index File

Problem SharePoint Server Search Service is filling up your C:\ drive by writing its search index to C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office Servers\12.0\Data\Office Server\Applications. Explanation When you configure SharePoint one of the first services started is the SharePoint Server Search Service(MOSS 2007). It's a common mistake to allow your shared service provider to utilize the default search index location: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office Servers\12.0\Data\Office Server\Applications ....

Search.Mapi2Handler.1 cannot be loaded

THE PROBLEM Your server is reporting an annoying "Search.Mapi2Handler.1 cannot be loaded" error message in the application events. EXPLANATION Believe it or not, this is not a SharePoint error. In fact it's a Windows search error that appears when you use the program on a 64 bit machine and it's probably running because you installed Windows Desktop Search (WDS). Since you're reading this blog, you're probably running a special Ifilter for SharePoint Search that required WD...