Re: search feature does not work in outlook 2007

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Bill R MVP
"Richard" <Richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:BD5C6467-34AC-4BD8-B74B-C764F7AE32BC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I have the same problem: Any search of Outlook 2007 Contacts on Vista comes
up "no matches found". I have already spent hours re-indexing my entire
machine. Outlook claims "Outlook has finished indexing all of your items."
This is clearly a bug - I cannot search for anything in my Outlook Contacts!

Any help is most appreciated!

"Nigel Freeney" wrote:

Hi Bill,

Sorry for the confusion. All searches fail. I was saying that even searches
with just "the" or "a" also failed to show that I was searching for things
that if only a couple of records were indexed and working, would have
generated results.

Thanks,

Nigel

"BillR [MVP]" <BillR@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:522FD81B-2E9A-4FA5-8458-53879D3FD089@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> But searches without those words work ok?
>
> -- > Bill R MVP
> "Nigel Freeney" <nigel.msnewsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:057B7C28-0AB2-4DB9-A136-5EB991C76152@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Search within Outlook 2007 is broken again!
>>
>> After stopping the service and deleting the cache and then >> re-instating,
>> as previously decribed, the search feature appeared to work as >> expected.
>> Unfortunately any search including "the" and "a" returns no results >> found
>> when searching my contacts. The number of indexed files has risen from
>> 150,000 to 587,000 not sure if that is part of the problem.
>>
>> Anyone have any further ideas
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Nigel
>>
>> "Nigel Freeney" <nigel.msnewsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:8BE957D9-8E4C-42C1-A942-926F867DB7CB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Hi Bill,
>>>
>>> I have my hard drive partitioned to give me 4 drives
>>> C:OS, D:Programmes, E:Data & Z:Swapfile.
>>>
>>> I cleared the index after stopping and disabling the windows search
>>> service
>>>
>>> upon restarting I ensured that the extra drives I need to include in >>> the
>>> index search were added.
>>>
>>> I think the indexing controls could be improved
>>> Call me a newbie but my first impression was that Modify would only
>>> affect the selected item in the location list rather than allow me to
>>> add new locations - perhaps "Modify locations"?
>>> The list of file types to be indexed needs a new sort by option that
>>> would let you group sorted by index name or index content. When you >>> have
>>> more than 60 file extensions in the list the existing management is
>>> cumbersome.
>>>
>>> Thanks for your help with this query.
>>>
>>> Nigel
>>>
>>> "BillR [MVP]" <BillR@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>> news:8624777C-935A-48FE-A346-20F869A64D2F@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Your Outlook data files aren't on another drive are they? One user >>>> had
>>>> the same issue as you and it turned out he needed to index his other
>>>> drive.
>>>>
>>>> Go into Advanced in Indexing Options in Control Panel to rebuild or
>>>> change the location of the Index.
>>>>
>>>> -- >>>> Bill R MVP
>>>> "Nigel Freeney" <nigel.msnewsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>> news:B4E5CF5B-B37D-415C-B4E3-EB941ABCF502@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>> Hi Bill,
>>>>>
>>>>> I have checked that the correct data file is being indexed and that
>>>>> tohers are specifically not.
>>>>>
>>>>> How do I go about rebuilding the index?
>>>>>
>>>>> Do I have control where the index is stored?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>> Nigel
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "BillR [MVP]" <BillR@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>>> news:7268C631-FBC9-46B3-856F-815801CA7122@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>> Check Indexing Options in Control panel and ensure you are >>>>>> indexing
>>>>>> the Outlook data file you are searching. You might need to rebuild
>>>>>> the Index.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -- >>>>>> Bill R MVP
>>>>>> "Nigel Freeney" <nigel.msnewsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in >>>>>> message
>>>>>> news:D5F661D7-2C1F-4B20-B500-E8EE2875E137@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I am not getting worthwhile results using Microsofts inbuilt >>>>>>> search
>>>>>>> engine. I am running office 2007 in Vista with all latest updates
>>>>>>> applied.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I am trying to perform a search of my contacts. I have tried
>>>>>>> searching for details which are in the name of the contact and
>>>>>>> details that are known and I get no results found.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If I revert to the desktop the records I am looking for are >>>>>>> listed!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Any suggestions?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thans for any help with this,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Nigel
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>


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