Cannot add start address in content sources

Hello all,

I've a problem with Sharepoint 2007, based on the content sources start address url i want to add and only if these one get spaces in the URL.

For example:

I can add an url like this: http://mysite/site/myurl

but if I want to add an url like that: http://mysite/site/my url or http://mysite/site/my%20url

I get this error: The object you are trying to create already exists. Try again using a different name.

Of course we have take a look on forums and so:

  • I don't have any other content sources
  • I don't have a duplicate start address like this
  • Event logs are silent
  • We have try to add url like this by code but the error is still there (COM exception 0x80040D02, the object you are trying to create already exists.)

I'm a bit disappointed, cause many of our sites cannot be crawled.

Thanks a lot for your help.

July 22nd, 2010 6:54am

Search can be a bit picky about the start addresses you provide to a content source (especially SharePoint content sources).  I typically just add the root of the site to the content source.  If there are things you don't want indexed, you can always adds crawl rules to exclude them.
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July 23rd, 2010 8:37pm

I agree with Corey, when you add the root site it will index everything below it.  To get more control over the search results, use crawl rules and custom search scopes to fine tune the actual search experience. 

 

July 25th, 2010 2:03pm

Thank you very much for your response.

I didn't use your solutions to avoid this problem, here is my solution:

Don't forget to backup the following registry keys...

1-In the regedit, go in : HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office Server\12.0\Search\Applications\{GUID}\Gather\Portal_Content\Sites\

2-Delete All

3-Do the same in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office Server\12.0\Search\Applications\{GUID}\Gather\Portal_Content\ContentSources\{Content Sources ID}\StartPages

4-restart the search services (net stop osearch / net start osearch), do the same with spsearch.

5-There, normally you can add again urls to the content sources.

At least it work for me.

  • Marked as answer by Séb Wednesday, August 04, 2010 1:51 PM
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August 4th, 2010 1:51pm

Thank you very much for your response.

I didn't use your solutions to avoid this problem, here is my solution:

Don't forget to backup the following registry keys...

1-In the regedit, go in : HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office Server\12.0\Search\Applications\{GUID}\Gather\Portal_Content\Sites\

2-Delete All

3-Do the same in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office Server\12.0\Search\Applications\{GUID}\Gather\Portal_Content\ContentSources\{Content Sources ID}\StartPages

4-restart the search services (net stop osearch / net start osearch), do the same with spsearch.

5-There, normally you can add again urls to the content sources.

At least it work for me.

  • Marked as answer by Séb Wednesday, August 04, 2010 1:51 PM
August 4th, 2010 1:51pm

is there any similar solution for this problem in sharepoint 2013



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September 11th, 2015 2:58pm

is there any similar solution for this problem in sharepoint 2013



September 11th, 2015 6:56pm

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