Adding Searchable File Types to SharePoint Foundation 2010

​1. Copy the below content to a VBS file and save it (I.E save file name as AddExtension.vbs)

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Sub Usage

WScript.Echo “Usage:    AddExtension.vbs extension”
WScript.Echo

end Sub

Sub Main

if WScript.Arguments.Count < 1 then
Usage
wscript.Quit(1)
end if

dim extension
extension = wscript.arguments(0)

Set gadmin = WScript.CreateObject(“SPSearch4.GatherMgr.1″, “”)

For Each application in gadmin.GatherApplications
For Each project in application.GatherProjects
project.Gather.Extensions.Add(extension)
Next
Next

End Sub

call Main

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2. Copy the above script file to Sharepoint Foundation 2010 Server

3. Run it from Command Prompt
> WScript AddExtension.vbs pdf

4.  Register PDF ifilter as below:
4-1.       Find regkey “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Web Server Extensions\14.0\Search\Setup\ContentIndexCommon\Filters\Extension\”
4-2.       Right-Click – [New]-[Key]. Then specify key name “.pdf”
4-3.       Right-Click (Default) of above “.pdf” key then click “Modify”
4-5.       Specify value “{E8978DA6-047F-4E3D-9C78-CDBE46041603}”
4-6.       Restart SPSearch4

5. Run crawl as below
>stsadm –o spsearch –action fullcrawlstart

6. Confirm the pdf files can be found in search results