File types and IFilter reference (Office SharePoint Server)

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01/10/2017

Applies To: Office SharePoint Server 2007

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Topic Last Modified: 2015-03-09

For the crawler to crawl a content item, the following must be true:

The file type, identified by the three or four letter file name extension, must be on the Manage File Types page in Search Administration.
The index server must have an IFilter installed for that file type.
The file name extension must be associated with the IFilter on the index server.

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 includes several IFilters. However, some IFilters that install with Office SharePoint Server 2007 do not add the corresponding file name extension to the Manage File Types page. In this case, you only have to add the file name extension to the Manage File Types page. Additionally, most file types are associated with an IFilter when the IFilter is installed on the index server. For steps on how to associate some file types with the correct IFilter on the index server, see Install the Microsoft Filter Pack (Office SharePoint Server 2007).

Additional IFilters are available from Microsoft and third-party vendors. If necessary, software developers can create IFilters for new file types. If there is no IFilter for a file type that you want to crawl, the index in Office SharePoint Server 2007 can only include the file’s properties, and not the file’s content. For more information, see About IFilters (Office SharePoint Server 2007).

The following table lists the file types supported by the IFilters that are installed by default, which file types are on the Manage File Types page by default, and which file name extensions are associated with an IFilter on the index server.

File name extension	Default association	Automatically included in Manage File Types page
ascx	Yes	Yes
asm	Yes	No
asp	Yes	Yes
aspx	Yes	Yes
bat	Yes	No
c	Yes	No
cmd	Yes	No
cpp	Yes	No
css	Yes	No
cxx	Yes	No
def	Yes	No
dic	Yes	No
doc	Yes	Yes
docm	Yes	Yes
docx	Yes	Yes
dot	Yes	Yes
eml	Yes	Yes
exch	No	Yes
h	Yes	No
hhc	Yes	No
hht	Yes	No
hpp	Yes	No
hta	Yes	No
htm	Yes	Yes
html	Yes	Yes
htw	Yes	No
htx	Yes	No
jhtml	No	Yes
jsp	No	Yes
lnk	Yes	No
mht	Yes	Yes
mhtml	Yes	Yes
mpx	Yes	No
msg	Yes	Yes
mspx	No	Yes
nsf	No	Yes
odc	Yes	Yes
one	No	No
php	No	Yes
pot	Yes	No
pps	Yes	No
ppt	Yes	Yes
pptm	Yes	Yes
pptx	Yes	Yes
pub	Yes	Yes
stm	Yes	No
tif	Yes	Yes
tiff	No	Yes
trf	Yes	No
txt	Yes	Yes
url	No	Yes
vdx	No	Yes
vsd	No	Yes
vss	No	Yes
vst	No	Yes
vsx	No	Yes
vtx	No	Yes
xlb	Yes	No
xlc	Yes	No
xls	Yes	Yes
xlsm	Yes	Yes
xlsx	Yes	Yes
xlt	Yes	No
xml	Yes	Yes

File types and IFilter reference (Office SharePoint Server)

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