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Article ID: 2316273 - Last Review: August 23, 2010 - Revision: 2.0

Crawling content larger than 1MB in SharePoint list columns of type "Multiple lines of text" results in "The filename or extension is too long" crawl log error messages

SYMPTOMS

Office SharePoint Server 2007 fails to crawl content larger than 1MB in list columns of type "Multiple lines of text" and the crawl log contains error messages with the text "The filename or extension is too long".

RESOLUTION

To resolve this issue, apply the following hotfix packages:
983305  (http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=983305/ ) Description of the Office SharePoint Server 2007 hotfix package (Coreserver-x-none.msp): June 29, 2010
983307  (http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=983307/ ) Description of the SharePoint Server 2007 hotfix package (sts-x-none.msp): June 29, 2010

NOTE: After you apply the hotfixes described in Microsoft Knowledge Base (KB) articles 983307 and 983305, perform the steps below on the index server to configure crawling of content larger than the default 1MB (1,048,576 bytes) for list columns of type "Multiple lines of text" by defining the maximum acceptable size of that content:
  • Create a DWORD registry key with the name:
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office Server\12.0\Search\Global\Gathering Manager\MaxPropertyDownloadSize
  • Enter the number of bytes representing the maximum acceptable size of the content to be crawled for list columns of type "Multiple lines of text", up to the maximum value of 64MB (67,108,864 bytes).

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APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
  • Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
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