Rebuild a Catalog Index using Catalog Manager (Standard 8)

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7/8/2014

Learn how to rebuild the index of your Windows Embedded 8 Standard (Standard 8) catalog by using Catalog Manager (Catman.exe).

If your catalog’s index becomes corrupted, you may need to rebuild the index to regain full use of the catalog. Corrupted index files can result in errors or unexpected behaviors when attempting to use or access the catalog. Catalog Manager (Catman.exe) allows you to rebuild your catalog’s index when necessary.

Prerequisites

  • You have installed the Windows Embedded 8 Standard Toolkit (Standard 8 Toolkit) on a development computer that meets the Requirements for a Development Computer.
  • You have read and write access to the local or network location of the catalog you wish to rebuild the index of.

To rebuild a catalog index with Catalog Manager

  1. On your development computer, open a command prompt window.

  2. Depending on your system architecture, type one of the following commands, replacing <file_path> with the full path of the catalog whose index you want to rebuild:

    • For a 32-bit OS:

      C:\Program Files\Windows Embedded 8 Standard\Toolset\Embedded Tools\catman.exe /rebuildindex <file_path>

    • For a 64-bit OS:

      C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Embedded 8 Standard\Toolset\Embedded Tools\catman.exe /rebuildindex <file_path>

    Tip

    The default location of the catalog is %systemdrive%\Windows Embedded Catalog

See Also

Reference

Catalog Manager Technical Reference

Concepts

Catalogs

Other Resources

Maintain Catalogs