Outlook 2007 search results wrong

[Guest]

I checked everything, I not filtering them out, the Outlook 2007 search is
just plain wrong.

I did install MS Search 4.0, which is by far my second choice compared to
Google Desktop Search, but it kills my Exchange mailbox, but Outlook 2007's
search is now totally off.

For example, I have 54 emails that are unread that are new, and the search
says nothing found, so I moved the 54 unread emails into another subfolder
in the PST, just by themselves, and searched on "everything" no filters of
any kind, and still it says "nothing found." I can see the emails with my
own two eyes, but run the search and it's "nothing found". This is simply
inaccurate. I have run the search before sometimes and clicked the "find"
button more than once, and the second time it shows results, but the first
time it says "nothing" so it doesn't even agree with itelf. This seems to
be only with PST files.

I don't know if there is a solution for it, but I just wanted to "put it out
there" I searched and couldn't find anything, so hopefully someone from MS
sees this, because it is a fault in MS Outlook and it needs to be fixed.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

Did you rebuild the index?

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[Guest]

I have not. I should note, I'm using the Ctrl-Shift-F search which MS is
now hiding because they want us to use the indexed search instead, I don't
know if this is now plugged into using the index anyway.

Did you rebuild the index?

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I checked everything, I not filtering them out, the Outlook 2007 search
is just plain wrong.

I did install MS Search 4.0, which is by far my second choice compared to
Google Desktop Search, but it kills my Exchange mailbox, but Outlook
2007's search is now totally off.

For example, I have 54 emails that are unread that are new, and the
search says nothing found, so I moved the 54 unread emails into another
subfolder in the PST, just by themselves, and searched on "everything" no
filters of any kind, and still it says "nothing found." I can see the
emails with my own two eyes, but run the search and it's "nothing found".
This is simply inaccurate. I have run the search before sometimes and
clicked the "find" button more than once, and the second time it shows
results, but the first time it says "nothing" so it doesn't even agree
with itelf. This seems to be only with PST files.

I don't know if there is a solution for it, but I just wanted to "put it
out there" I searched and couldn't find anything, so hopefully someone
from MS sees this, because it is a fault in MS Outlook and it needs to be
fixed.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

It uses the index too, at least for some of the searches. Use the Advanced
tab.

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I have not. I should note, I'm using the Ctrl-Shift-F search which MS is
now hiding because they want us to use the indexed search instead, I don't
know if this is now plugged into using the index anyway.

Did you rebuild the index?

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]





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I checked everything, I not filtering them out, the Outlook 2007 search
is just plain wrong.

I did install MS Search 4.0, which is by far my second choice compared
to Google Desktop Search, but it kills my Exchange mailbox, but Outlook
2007's search is now totally off.

For example, I have 54 emails that are unread that are new, and the
search says nothing found, so I moved the 54 unread emails into another
subfolder in the PST, just by themselves, and searched on "everything"
no filters of any kind, and still it says "nothing found." I can see
the emails with my own two eyes, but run the search and it's "nothing
found". This is simply inaccurate. I have run the search before
sometimes and clicked the "find" button more than once, and the second
time it shows results, but the first time it says "nothing" so it
doesn't even agree with itelf. This seems to be only with PST files.

I don't know if there is a solution for it, but I just wanted to "put it
out there" I searched and couldn't find anything, so hopefully someone
from MS sees this, because it is a fault in MS Outlook and it needs to
be fixed.

 

[Guest]

No luck

It uses the index too, at least for some of the searches. Use the Advanced
tab.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]





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I have not. I should note, I'm using the Ctrl-Shift-F search which MS is
now hiding because they want us to use the indexed search instead, I
don't know if this is now plugged into using the index anyway.

Did you rebuild the index?

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]





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<-> wrote in message I checked everything, I not filtering them out, the Outlook 2007 search
is just plain wrong.

I did install MS Search 4.0, which is by far my second choice compared
to Google Desktop Search, but it kills my Exchange mailbox, but Outlook
2007's search is now totally off.

For example, I have 54 emails that are unread that are new, and the
search says nothing found, so I moved the 54 unread emails into another
subfolder in the PST, just by themselves, and searched on "everything"
no filters of any kind, and still it says "nothing found." I can see
the emails with my own two eyes, but run the search and it's "nothing
found". This is simply inaccurate. I have run the search before
sometimes and clicked the "find" button more than once, and the second
time it shows results, but the first time it says "nothing" so it
doesn't even agree with itelf. This seems to be only with PST files.

I don't know if there is a solution for it, but I just wanted to "put
it out there" I searched and couldn't find anything, so hopefully
someone from MS sees this, because it is a fault in MS Outlook and it
needs to be fixed.

 

[ECL]

We have come across the same thing. We tried a search in various folders in
Outlook and, when it didn't work the first time we tried it again and again
until the correct results came up. Obviously this is not ideal because we
had to put the search in 6 times on one occasion!

We would also be interested to know if there is a proper fix for this.

No luck

It uses the index too, at least for some of the searches. Use the Advanced
tab.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]





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I have not. I should note, I'm using the Ctrl-Shift-F search which MS is
now hiding because they want us to use the indexed search instead, I
don't know if this is now plugged into using the index anyway.

Did you rebuild the index?

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]





EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
(e-mail address removed)

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<-> wrote in message I checked everything, I not filtering them out, the Outlook 2007 search
is just plain wrong.

I did install MS Search 4.0, which is by far my second choice compared
to Google Desktop Search, but it kills my Exchange mailbox, but Outlook
2007's search is now totally off.

For example, I have 54 emails that are unread that are new, and the
search says nothing found, so I moved the 54 unread emails into another
subfolder in the PST, just by themselves, and searched on "everything"
no filters of any kind, and still it says "nothing found." I can see
the emails with my own two eyes, but run the search and it's "nothing
found". This is simply inaccurate. I have run the search before
sometimes and clicked the "find" button more than once, and the second
time it shows results, but the first time it says "nothing" so it
doesn't even agree with itelf. This seems to be only with PST files.

I don't know if there is a solution for it, but I just wanted to "put
it out there" I searched and couldn't find anything, so hopefully
someone from MS sees this, because it is a fault in MS Outlook and it
needs to be fixed.