Hello, I have been using windows 7 RC for sometime now. Everything was fine and all of a sudden my windows search ( indexing ) service is not running anymore. I tried to start it via services but it doesn't start. I get the follwoing error in the event viewer logs" The Windows Search Service has failed to create the new search index. Internal error <10, 0x80071a91, Failed to save Crawl Scope Manager changes: >. "I also see the following error The Windows Search Service is being stopped because there is a problem with the indexer: Recovery phase failed.Context: Windows Application, SystemIndex CatalogDetails:The gatherer is shutting down. (HRESULT : 0x80040d23) (0x80040d23)This is causing problem with my outlook 2007 search feature as well.Can somebody please help resolve this issue?

Having the same problem, Windows 7 64 Ultimate, here are my latest events: Log Name: Application Source: ESENT Date: 7/9/2011 6:20:33 AM Event ID: 102 Task Category: General Level: Information Keywords: Classic User: N/A Computer: PC-I7 Description: Windows (3376) Windows: The database engine (6.01.7601.0000) started a new instance (0). Event Xml: <Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event"> <System> <Provider Name="ESENT" /> <EventID Qualifiers="0">102</EventID> <Level>4</Level> <Task>1</Task> <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords> <TimeCreated SystemTime="2011-07-09T10:20:33.000000000Z" /> <EventRecordID>75433</EventRecordID> <Channel>Application</Channel> <Computer>ROMMEL-PC-I7</Computer> <Security /> </System> <EventData> <Data>Windows</Data> <Data>3376</Data> <Data>Windows: </Data> <Data>0</Data> <Data>6</Data> <Data>01</Data> <Data>7601</Data> <Data>0000</Data> </EventData> </Event> Log Name: Application Source: Microsoft-Windows-Search Date: 7/9/2011 6:20:37 AM Event ID: 1019 Task Category: Gatherer Level: Error Keywords: Classic User: N/A Computer: PC-I7 Description: Windows Search Service failed to process the list of included and excluded locations with the error <20, 0x80071a91, "">. Event Xml: <Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event"> <System> <Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Search" Guid="{CA4E628D-8567-4896-AB6B-835B221F373F}" EventSourceName="Windows Search Service" /> <EventID Qualifiers="49152">1019</EventID> <Version>0</Version> <Level>2</Level> <Task>3</Task> <Opcode>0</Opcode> <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords> <TimeCreated SystemTime="2011-07-09T10:20:37.000000000Z" /> <EventRecordID>75434</EventRecordID> <Correlation /> <Execution ProcessID="0" ThreadID="0" /> <Channel>Application</Channel> <Computer>ROMMEL-PC-I7</Computer> <Security /> </System> <EventData> <Data Name="ExtraInfo"> </Data> <Data Name="Phase">20</Data> <Data Name="ErrorCode">0x80071a91</Data> <Data Name="Path"> </Data> </EventData> </Event> Log Name: Application Source: Microsoft-Windows-Search Date: 7/9/2011 6:20:37 AM Event ID: 1006 Task Category: Search service Level: Error Keywords: Classic User: N/A Computer: ROMMEL-PC-I7 Description: The Windows Search Service has failed to create the new search index. Internal error <10, 0x80071a91, Failed to save Crawl Scope Manager changes: >. Event Xml: <Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event"> <System> <Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Search" Guid="{CA4E628D-8567-4896-AB6B-835B221F373F}" EventSourceName="Windows Search Service" /> <EventID Qualifiers="49152">1006</EventID> <Version>0</Version> <Level>2</Level> <Task>1</Task> <Opcode>0</Opcode> <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords> <TimeCreated SystemTime="2011-07-09T10:20:37.000000000Z" /> <EventRecordID>75435</EventRecordID> <Correlation /> <Execution ProcessID="0" ThreadID="0" /> <Channel>Application</Channel> <Computer>ROMMEL-PC-I7</Computer> <Security /> </System> <EventData> <Data Name="ExtraInfo"> </Data> <Data Name="Phase">10</Data> <Data Name="HR">0x80071a91</Data> <Data Name="DiagnosticsInfo">Failed to save Crawl Scope Manager changes: </Data> </EventData> </Event> Please HELP