2011-09-08

Adding XPS indexing to SharePoint

It's pretty simple to add XPS indexing/support to a SharePoint 2010 search, but even so some people struggle. So just to make things real easy for you, I created a PowerShell script.
What you need to do:
  1. Logon to the server that's running SharePoint Server Search 14
  2. Copy the PowerShell script from below (some of it runs under right navigation)
  3. Paste it in to a text file > save as whatever.ps1.
  4. Run the PowerShell script.


Import-Module servermanager $xps = Get-WindowsFeature XPS-Viewer If ($xps.Installed -eq $FALSE) { Add-WindowsFeature XPS-Viewer } If ((Get-PsSnapin |?{$_.Name -eq "Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell"})-eq $null) { $PSSnapin = Add-PsSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Out-Null } Write-Host -ForegroundColor White "- Adding registry values ..." New-Item -path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office Server\14.0\Search\Setup\Filters\.xps" New-ItemProperty "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office Server\14.0\Search\Setup\Filters\.xps" -Name "Extension" -value "xps" -PropertyType String -Force | Out-Null New-ItemProperty "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office Server\14.0\Search\Setup\Filters\.xps" -Name "FileTypeBucket" -value "1" -PropertyType dword -Force | Out-Null New-ItemProperty "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office Server\14.0\Search\Setup\Filters\.xps" -Name "MimeTypes" -value "application/xps" -PropertyType String -Force | Out-Null New-Item -path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office Server\14.0\Search\Setup\ContentIndexCommon\Filters\Extension\.xps" New-ItemProperty -path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office Server\14.0\Search\Setup\ContentIndexCommon\Filters\Extension\.xps" -Name "(Default)" -value "{1E4CEC13-76BD-4ce2-8372-711CB6F10FD1}" -PropertyType MultiString -Force | Out-Null Get-SPEnterpriseSearchServiceApplication | New-SPEnterpriseSearchCrawlExtension "xps" Stop-Service "OSearch14" Start-Service "OSearch14"

2 comments :

  1. Thanks for sharing saved me time! You'll need to edit the script a little if you simply copy and paste.

    Thanks again,
    Eric

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  2. Hi Eric.

    What needs editing?
    I just tried it on a completely virgin install of SP2010 and it worked flawlessly.


    PS C:\Users\Administrator> C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\xps.ps1

    Success Restart Needed Exit Code Feature Result
    ------- -------------- --------- --------------
    True No Success {XPS Viewer}
    - Adding registry values ...

    PSPath : Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office Server\14.0\Search\Set
    up\Filters\.xps
    PSParentPath : Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office Server\14.0\Search\Set
    up\Filters
    PSChildName : .xps
    PSDrive : HKLM
    PSProvider : Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\Registry
    PSIsContainer : True
    Property : {}
    SubKeyCount : 0
    ValueCount : 0
    Name : HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office Server\14.0\Search\Setup\Filters\.xps


    PSPath : Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office Server\14.0\Search\Set
    up\ContentIndexCommon\Filters\Extension\.xps
    PSParentPath : Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office Server\14.0\Search\Set
    up\ContentIndexCommon\Filters\Extension
    PSChildName : .xps
    PSDrive : HKLM
    PSProvider : Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\Registry
    PSIsContainer : True
    Property : {}
    SubKeyCount : 0
    ValueCount : 0
    Name : HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office Server\14.0\Search\Setup\ContentIndexCommon\Filters\Extens
    ion\.xps


    FileExtension : xps
    Parent : {Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Administration.Extension, Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Administration
    .Extension, Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Administration.Extension, Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Adm
    inistration.Extension...}

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