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Search Companion: The Indexing Service query cannot be completed successfully because the volumes you have specified are not indexed.

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I usually search application logs using Windows Explorer and it works fine. But this time, I tried to search for string @domain and Search Companion pop up appeared with error message “The Indexing Service query cannot be completed successfully because the volumes you have specified are not indexed.” I knew that there was nothing wrong with indexing because all other searches were working fine.

Google search found a page Unsolved Annoyances that said you will get that error message if you search for strings that start with either of following characthers: !#@

Written by Željko Filipin

September 24th, 2007 at 5:01 pm

Posted in Bugs

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  1. Put the string being searched for inside single quotes. ie: ‘#00020′.

    Paul

    23 Oct 09 at 7:54 pm

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