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Outlook search not working properly
Hello all I just pourchased a new laptop and using classic outlook with micrsoft 365 windows 11. Our emails are hosted on gmail and we have synced everything over with both GWSMO and now with ima...
Hey, had the same issue recently! What worked for me was going into Control Panel > Indexing Options > Advanced > File Types, then making sure `.pst` and `.ost` files are set to “Index Properties and File Contents.” After that, I rebuilt the index *again*, left it overnight, and search started picking up body text. Hope that helps!
did not work for me.
search broke after one of the updates in Oct 2025.