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Outlook Search not showing Recent Emails (December-2021)
Hi All, The outlook search option stopped working properly after WIndows10 update. The issue has happened after installing a security update from Windows (December 14, 2021—KB5008212). I had...
I am having the same problem. Any fix announced? This is an absolutely unacceptable failure on the part of Microsoft.
To the right of your search box in Outlook, change the selection from current mailbox to all mailboxes or all outlook items. I believe KB5008212 screwed something up, but this resolved my search issues
- Or Current Folder.. There is a registry key you can add to make one of these the default, HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Search\DefaultSearchScope (DWORD) - since setting it in the actual program options doesn't seem to do anything. . .
I think there are a couple of separate issues with search in Outlook, easily confused. One is related to Windows search indexing & the recent updates - recent results are missing. Another is related to Exchange mailboxes & FAST searches, and has been cropping up for years - only recent results are found (or none.) Probably others as well. Search in Windows has always been a mess, especially in Outlook. And like always, redesigning it opened the whole can of worms all over again. . .
