2007 Office System Converter: Microsoft Filter Pack is Not Installed

[This topic is intended to address a specific issue called out by the Exchange Server Analyzer Tool. You should apply it only to systems that have had the Exchange Server Analyzer Tool run against them and are experiencing that specific issue. The Exchange Server Analyzer Tool, available as a free download, remotely collects configuration data from each server in the topology and automatically analyzes the data. The resulting report details important configuration issues, potential problems, and nondefault product settings. By following these recommendations, you can achieve better performance, scalability, reliability, and uptime. For more information about the tool or to download the latest versions, see "Microsoft Exchange Analyzers" at https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=34707.]  

Topic Last Modified: 2009-04-20

The Microsoft Exchange Server Analyzer Tool checks for the presence of the following registry entry to determine whether the 2007 Office System Converter: Microsoft Filter Pack is installed on the server that is running Exchange Server:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{5A98B233-3C59-4B31-944C-0E560D85E6C3}\InprocServer32

The presence of this entry indicates that the 2007 Office System Converter: Microsoft Filter Pack is installed on the Exchange server.

2007 Office System Converter: Microsoft Filter Pack registers IFilters with the Windows Indexing Service. These IFilters are used by Microsoft Search products to index the contents of specific document formats. This Filter Pack includes IFilters for the following formats: .docx, .docm, .pptx, .pptm, .xlsx, .xlsm, .xlsb, .zip, .one, .vdx, .vsd, .vss, .vst, .vdx, .vsx, and .vtx.

If the Exchange Analyzer determines that the 2007 Office System Converter: Microsoft Filter Pack is not installed on the target server, the Exchange Analyzer displays a warning.

This warning indicates that the 2007 Office System Converter: Microsoft Filter Pack should be installed.

To address this warning, download and install the 2007 Office System Converter: Microsoft Filter Pack from https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=123380.