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 upgr...

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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

Copper Contributor

Sep 24, 2021

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

Brass Contributor

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.