diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/overlay.js b/chrome/content/zotero/overlay.js
index c7406587fe..01f91ee669 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/overlay.js
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/overlay.js
@@ -1230,18 +1230,11 @@ var ZoteroPane = new function()
 	
 	
 	function reindexItem() {
-		var items = this.getSelectedItems();
-		if (!items) {
+		var itemIDs = this.getSelectedItems(true);
+		if (!itemIDs) {
 			return;
 		}
-		
-		for (var i=0; i<items.length; i++) {
-			if (!items[i].isAttachment()) {
-				continue;
-			}
-			var itemID = items[i].id;
-			Zotero.Fulltext.indexItems(itemID, true);
-		}
+		Zotero.Fulltext.indexItems(itemIDs, true);
 		document.getElementById('zotero-attachment-box').updateItemIndexedState();
 	}
 	
diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/attachments.js b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/attachments.js
index 159b5186a6..e5ac91a1f7 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/attachments.js
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/attachments.js
@@ -1186,12 +1186,24 @@ Zotero.Attachments = new function(){
 		
 		dir = dir.clone();
 		
+		// If directory is empty or has only hidden files, delete it
 		var files = dir.directoryEntries;
 		files.QueryInterface(Components.interfaces.nsIDirectoryEnumerator);
-		if (!files.hasMoreElements()) {
-			dir.remove(false);
+		var empty = true;
+		while (files.hasMoreElements()) {
+			var file = files.getNext();
+			file.QueryInterface(Components.interfaces.nsIFile);
+			if (file.leafName[0] == '.') {
+				continue;
+			}
+			empty = false;
+			break;
 		}
 		files.close();
+		if (empty) {
+			dir.remove(true);
+			return;
+		}
 		
 		// Create orphaned-files directory if it doesn't exist
 		var orphaned = Zotero.getZoteroDirectory();
diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/fulltext.js b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/fulltext.js
index 241d103270..00a164dcad 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/fulltext.js
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/fulltext.js
@@ -462,7 +462,12 @@ Zotero.Fulltext = new function(){
 		}
 		
 		if (!cacheFile.exists()) {
-			Zotero.debug("Cache file doesn't exist!");
+			var msg = file.leafName + " was not indexed";
+			if (!file.leafName.match(/^[\u0000-\u007F]$/)) {
+				msg += " -- PDFs with filenames containing extended characters cannot currently be indexed due to a Firefox limitation";
+			}
+			Zotero.debug(msg, 2);
+			Components.utils.reportError(msg);
 			return false;
 		}