Is the ifilter still necessary after updateing Adobe DC to 64bit?

[Dave287555335az6]

We've been installing the ifilter for searching pdf dooucments for years, I was told initially it was because Adovb DC Reader was 32bit.

We've updated to Reader to 64-bit - can I get rid of the ifilter - or is it still needed?

Thanks,

Dave F

[Meenakshi Negi]

Hi Dave287555335az6,

Thank you for reaching out.

Would you mind sharing more information about the filter you refer to in your post above?

When you say searching PDF documents, are you referring to search text in the PDFs? Please explain.

Who suggested you to install this filter?

We will need more information to provide you with the correct answer.

Thanks,

Meenakshi

[Dave287555335az6]

Hi Meenakshi,

Thanks for reeplying.

I'm talking about the Adobe PDF iFilter 11.0.1. It allows Microsoft Windows Search to search for text inside PDF files.

I've answered my own question however with some testing - the filter is still required.

I uninstalled the filter, and was unable to find text I verified was in my test pdf. I reinstalled the filter, reindexed the folder, and Windows Search found the text.

I'm attaching the document that comes with the filter just in case my description did not do the trick.

Again Thanks for taking the time to reply.

Dave

[NTCNTC]

Was a solution ever identified re this query? If yes, can you kindly share?   I need to be able to do full text searches of PDF via a Windows 10 (Enterprise) desktop folder search, as iFilter formely allowed.

[Dave287555335az6]

Yes, we did some testing as posted above - the iFilter is still required with 64bit Reader, and it only works if you index the specific location in Windows indexing options. This is with the latest Reader as of 6/7/23 and Windows 10 22H2.

[NTCNTC]

Thank you.   

=>Do you have a current iFilter download link?  (The ones I am seeing are no longer available, are otherwise obsolete, or are on possibly sketchy third-party sites.).

(Aside: Also in my post above,  I said "formely"; I meant "formerly".)

[NTCNTC · Accepted solution]

Here is a response from an Adobe reseller who was assigned to a query from me about where to download iFilter:   "I see that you are interested in discussing options that will allow your team to do a full text content of PDFs via Windows 10 desktop folder search and that your current solution (Adobe iFilter) is no longer working. I would love to assist and Adobe iFilter is still the best plugin/product for that use-case. There are a few scenarios that are likely the first being that you recently downloaded Adobe Acrobat or Reader 11.0. If this applies you would just need to update the Acrobat/Reader version to Acrobat/Reader 11.0.4 or higher, additional resources concerning that topic are available here: https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/kb/pdf-search-breaks-110-install.html. If you haven’t downloaded that offering recently then it is likely that you are using the older version of iFilter and the current download link for Adobe PDF iFilter 11 for 64-bit platforms is available here: http://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/acrobat/win/11.x/PDFFilter64Setup.msi. "

The above response synchs with advice from an Adobe Community source. See:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/acrobat-discussions/current-official-download-link-for-adobe-pdf-ifil...

[Sirisha30591041r2kw]

Hi all 

We have Adobe ifilter Version 9 in one of our file server, the indexing of this ifilter application is populating AR9* files in the root folder, it's been from a long time and it almost occupied 64GB due to which we are running out of disk space everytime . Need a permanent fix solution for this either to stop creating AR9 files or moving it to different location . 

NOTE : It's a file server , it is accessible for everyone and we cannot give admin access to the root drive to all the users . 

Please help , if any one knows the fix . 

[glenn_acawa]

Thank you so much for the direct link to the x64 pdf iFilter, I was looking for this since I installed Win11.

Why is it not included in the Acrobat Pro Installer?

[NTCNTC]

No idea if/why not part of the Pro install, but it appeared to be phasing out when I posted here a coupla years ago. (Phase-out is perhaps indicated by the fact that not a lot of mainstream programs are offered these days via FTP and most of the inquiries on iFilter come from users; Adobe does not seem to be proactively offering anything like iFilter. Hopefully an Adobe rep can chime in here onthat point.)

Related: On our now remote networked desktop system, our tech people claim iFilter does not work (though I remain skeptical). In any case, the tool offered as a replacement is Copernic https://copernic.com/en/ .  It works pretty well. While not integrated directly into windows (you cannot do a Windows folder search via the windows folder search box), if you right-click on a given Windows folder, Copernic shows up as a choice and thus allows a direct and very easy, accessible search of the target folder, without the need for operators (you search various field boxes, including full text). You can also do entire desktop, Outlook email system searches, and a range of similar powerful searches, so in some ways it’s a nice general tool that complements and in some ways surpasses a native Windows search.  And just to be clear, Copernic searches the internal text of PDFs, among many other file types.

[tmarlette]

I got this to work for WIN10 but did not work for me on WIN11.

http://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/acrobat/win/11.x/PDFFilter64Setup.msi

ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/acrobat/win/11.x/PDFFilter64Setup.msi