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QUERY_E_INCORRECT_VERSION
QUERY_E_INCORRECT_VERSION is a client/server capability mismatch. The built-in description explicitly says the server is running an older software version that cannot handle the query, so query shape and endpoint version must be correlated.
Determine which feature crosses the server version boundary
- Record the client and server/search component versions and the exact query.
- Reduce the statement until the older server accepts it, then identify the clause or relevance feature that introduces the requirement.
- Do not treat this as catalog corruption; the same catalog may answer simpler queries correctly.
Windows Search has evolved from Indexing Service and earlier Windows Desktop Search versions, and Microsoft explicitly notes compatibility boundaries between query platforms. A generic query builder should negotiate or target the deployed provider rather than always emitting the newest feature set. Upgrading the server or generating a compatible query are the relevant remedies; recrawling documents does not change query-engine version.
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