ICloud Bookmark Sync breaks Windows Indexing for Bookmarks

When iCloud syncs Bookmarks to my PC (Windows 7 64-bit), it clears the "Allow this file to have contents indexed in addition to file properties" attribute on the files. This breaks Windows Indexing, preventing things like Windows Search and web browser auto-completion from finding the bookmarks to use for navigation suggestions.
How does one report this problem to Apple?

I have iphone 3gs - windows 7 SAME PROBS
on phone for over an hr with Apple
shut down all apps - reset settings - not worked - everything they tried didnt work
was gonna get iphone4s but not till this is fixed
I have HUNDREDS of bookmarks I NEED
all i have is two history files and the usual others -
ANNOYED
Trevor
Anyone get this reolved - lady said theyd been getting calls about this but the two i spoke to said theyd not got any but senior guy was aware

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