Microsoft KB Archive/254650

= HTML Documents Tagged for Robot Exclusion Appear in Query Results =

Article ID: 254650

Article Last Modified on 2/22/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Index Server 2.0

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This article was previously published under Q254650



SYMPTOMS
HTML documents that are tagged for robot exclusion with  appear in query results if you query one of the following properties:

FilenameSizeWrite

No other properties appear in the index.



WORKAROUND
To work around this issue, do one of the following:
 * Use Site Server Search instead of Index Server. -or-


 * Upgrade to Windows 2000 Indexing Service. In Windows 2000, you can set the FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NOT_CONTENT_INDEXED file attribute to completely prevent documents from being indexed. To do this, perform the following steps:


 * In Windows Explorer, select the desired file or directory.
 * Right-click the file or directory, and then select Properties.
 * On the General tab, select Advanced Attributes.
 * In the Advanced Attributes dialog box, click to uncheck the For fast searching, allow Index Service to index this file check box.
 * Click OK to confirm the changes.

Additional query words: result

Keywords: kbfaq kbpending kbprb KB254650

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