SharePoint 2013 - Installing Adobe iFilter and the 'real' PDF icon

This was completed in a three tier (WFE, APP/RS, DB) SharePoint 2013 Farm.

1.       Logon to the server hosting Central Admin (in our case APP/RS Server)

2.       Install PDF iFilter 9.0 (64 bit) from http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=4025

3.       Download PDF icon picture from Adobe web site http://www.adobe.com/misc/linking.html and save as ‘pdf16.png’ to C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\15\TEMPLATE\IMAGES\

4.       Modify the filename of the following entry in docIcon.xml file, which can be found at: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\15\TEMPLATE\XML

a.       <Mapping Key="pdf" Value="pdf16.png" />

6.       Open regedit

a.       Navigate to the following location:

b.      HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office Server\15.0\Search\Setup\ContentIndexCommon\Filters\Extension

c.       Right-click > Click New > Key to create a new key for .pdf

d.      Add the following GUID in the default value {E8978DA6-047F-4E3D-9C78-CDBE46041603} including brackets.

7.       Restart Server

8.       Logon to each Web Front Server

9.       Copy PDF icon picture (pdf16.png) from APP/RS Server (directory path: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\15\TEMPLATE\IMAGES\) and copy to C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\15\TEMPLATE\IMAGES\

10.   On Web Server, modify the filename of the following entry in docIcon.xml file, which can be found at: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\15\TEMPLATE\XML

a.       <Mapping Key="pdf" Value="pdf16.png" />