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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...
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.
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.
Thanks for that, very useful. Why turning off search indexing actually makes the search work is a mystery to me! You've just saved my sanity.
- When Windows search is turned off, Outlook's older, slow search engine kicks in.
With Outlook 2007 long past support any fixes would be because it doesn't work in versions or other programs that are in support.
