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beker
Brass Contributor
Sep 21, 2021

Outlook 2007 search on Windows 11 fails by returning no results

Since I upgraded to windows 11, Outlook no longer can search for text in messages.

This was working on Windows 10 and Windows 8/7.

 

This issue is causing me a headache, I had this issue when upgraded to Windows 10 but was able to fix it searching on the net.

 

I have tried everything Microsoft support pages suggested, and many others, but with no resolution.

 

Thank you for any help to resolve the problem.

 

  • beker's avatar
    beker
    Sep 25, 2021

    TomP_1475 

    Hi, I finally fixed the problem on Windows 11 by simply going to:

    Control Panel->Indexing Options->Modify->Unchecked "Microsoft Office Outlook"

     

    Save everything and restart the Outlook.

    Now I can search my mail box.

    I thought keeping outlook checked is the right thing to do.

    But Microsoft interface and docs, sometimes are not intuitive. 

     

    Hope this helps.

  • TomP_1475's avatar
    TomP_1475
    Copper Contributor

    I've got the exact same problem,  and for me its a deal breaker for using windows 11.  I've tried every fix I can find on the net, and nothing works.  I'm off back to Windows 10 beker 

    • beker's avatar
      beker
      Brass Contributor

      TomP_1475 

      Hi, I finally fixed the problem on Windows 11 by simply going to:

      Control Panel->Indexing Options->Modify->Unchecked "Microsoft Office Outlook"

       

      Save everything and restart the Outlook.

      Now I can search my mail box.

      I thought keeping outlook checked is the right thing to do.

      But Microsoft interface and docs, sometimes are not intuitive. 

       

      Hope this helps.

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