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  • can’t find microsoft fast find index

    Posted by Alan Lam on December 29, 2008 at 4:35 am

    i cannot find the microsoft fast find index that is a requirement for presets, i accidentally changed what a preset runs with and i cannot find the program that it is supposed to originally run with (which is microsoft fast find index) i’ve tried googling it and the location other sites have specified to find it, i checked and it was not there. I know it has to be somewhere on my computer because i had it set to open with fast file index before but accidentally changed it.

    please help

    Butch Golden replied 17 years, 8 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  • Butch Golden

    December 29, 2008 at 5:33 am

    Your situation really falls under the category of a general computer problem and more than likely not a problem related directly to AE.

    The Microsoft fast find index originally came with MS Office 97 to aid in finding Office documents. MS took it to a new level in Windows 2000 and XP to allow one to search for any file but in the end that’s all it does. It runs as a service that starts up when your turn on the computer unless you turn it off in msconfig. You would need to supply more info as to what’s not working. (Presets not opening, Preset Search not searching, etc)

    Presets are run by Dynamic Link Libraries so if some aren’t working, then it may be a problem with the presets themselves. Do you get an error message of any kind.

    Your turn.

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