Article ID: 205710
Article Last Modified on 11/26/2002
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft FrontPage 2000 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q205710
For a Microsoft FrontPage 98 version of this article, see
194047.
For a Microsoft FrontPage 97 version of this article, see
192434.
SYMPTOMS
When you perform a search, no results are returned and you may receive one of the following messages:
No documents found. Please try again.
The text source "default" does not exist in "D:\IP_Address\_vti_txt\default.wti". No documents found. Please try again.
CAUSE
This message may appear if any of the following are true:
- The files that contain the index information for the search component are corrupted or missing (for example, they were deleted or moved).
-or-
- If you are publishing to a web that uses Microsoft Index Server, the catalog file does not exist.
-or-
- You are searching for a word that is on the WAIS stop list.
RESOLUTION
To resolve this behavior, use one of the following methods.
NOTE: You should try Method 1 first. If Method 1 does not resolve this behavior, use Method 2. If you are using Microsoft Index Server, use Method 3.
Method 1: Recalculate Links
- Start FrontPage and open your Web.
- On the Tools menu, click Recalculate Hyperlinks.
- Run your search in a Web browser.
NOTE: You may need to refresh or reload the page in the Web browser.
Method 2: Reset the Dependency Databases
To reset the dependency databases used by the FrontPage Search Component, follow these steps:
- In Windows Explorer, open the folder that contains your Web content.
NOTE: If you are using a local web server, your content is located at the following locations.
| Web Server |
Folder |
| FrontPage Personal Web Server |
\FrontPage Webs\Content |
| Microsoft Personal Web Server |
\Webshare\Wwwroot |
| Microsoft Personal Web Server 4.0 |
\InetPub\Wwwroot |
| Microsoft Internet Information Server |
\InetPub\Wwwroot |
- Open the folder that contains the deleted page.
- Open the \_vti_pvt folder and delete the following two files:
Deptodoc.btr
Doctodep.btr
- Open the \_vti_txt\default.wti folder. Delete the following files:
All.cat
All.dct
All.doc
All.fmt
All.fn
All.hl
All.idx
All.inv
All.src
- On the Tools menu, click Recalculate Hyperlinks.
Method 3: Create a Catalog File using Index Server
Set up Index Server with a catalog for the virtual server. For additional information, click the article number below
to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
183731 How to Index and Create a Catalog for a New Web Site
Method 4: Change the Permissions of the \_vti_txt Folder
Change the permissions of the
\_vti_txt folder to read/write/execute.
Method 5: Words That Are Ignored When You Perform a Search
For additional information about the words that are ignored when you attempt to search a Web using the Search Form, click the article number below
to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
198091 FP2000: Words That Are Ignored by the Search Form
Additional query words: WAIS front page
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