FP2000: No Documents Found After Performing Search Query

When you perform a search, no results are returned and you may receive one of the following messages:

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.

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

1. Start FrontPage and open your Web.
2. On the Tools menu, click Recalculate Hyperlinks.
3. 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:

1. 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

2. Open the folder that contains the deleted page.
3. Open the \_vti_pvt folder and delete the following two files:
   Deptodoc.btr
   Doctodep.btr
4. 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
5. 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:

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:

For additional information about searches in FrontPage, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: