Event ID 7040 — Windows Search Service Integrity
Applies To: Windows Server 2008 R2
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The Windows Search service indexes information about the contents of your hard disk to facilitate your searches, making them much faster and more accurate.
| Product: | Windows Search |
| ID: | 7040 |
| Source: | Microsoft-Windows-Search |
| Version: | 7.0 |
| Symbolic Name: | EVENT_INDEXER_RESET_FOR_CORRUPTION |
| Message: | The index contains data that cannot be read. The search service will attempt to automatically correct this problem. If this error persists, remove and recreate the index.%1 |
To perform this procedure, you must have membership in Administrators, or you must have been delegated the appropriate authority.
To delete the catalog and rebuild the index:
- Click Start and then click Control Panel.
- In Classic View of the Control Panel, double-click Indexing Options.
- Click Advanced.
- If the User Account Control dialog box appears, confirm that the action it displays is what you want, and then click Continue.
- On the Index Settings tab, click Rebuild.
- Click OK.
To verify that files are being indexed:
- Click Start and then click Run.
- In the Run dialog box, type notepad.exe. Notepad should open.
- Type an unusual keyword or phrase in the new document, and then save the file to your My Documents directory or to another directory that is being indexed.
- Click Start, and then type your new keyword or phrase in the Search box. The file you created using Notepad should appear in the Search Results window.