Outlook search indexing not working windows 7




















However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Please make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs.

For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, go to How to back up and restore the registry in Windows. In Windows, right-click Start , and then select Run. In the Open: box type regedit , and then click OK. This will open the registry editor. In the Value data box, type 1 to enable the registry entry, and then click OK.

Note: This policy and other important considerations are documented on the search blog. To search a Shared Mailbox, click the mailbox and use the Current Folder scope. This is a design limit that's currently being worked on for future updates.

Go to this Understanding Search Scopes blog for more details about what scopes are supported when. To work around this issue, you can add the Shared Mailbox as a secondary Exchange account to the profile. First you will need to check if the shared mailbox is already listed as an account in the profile. If so, you will have to remove it. To do this, follow these steps:. Choose More Settings , and then select the Advanced tab.

In the Open these additional mailboxes section, choose the shared mailbox and then select Remove. From the File menu, select Add Account. When prompted for a password, choose the option Sign in with another account and use the Exchange account credentials that has permissions to the shared mailbox. Some items may not be included in your search results. This will occur if you're using a perpetual volume license MSI version of Outlook. This is currently a limitation with perpetual versions of Office.

To work around this, you can disable server search as a short-term solution. In Microsoft Outlook for Mac, you may receive a "No Results" message when you try to search for an email message or apply a filter to a folder, and task items are not displayed in the Tasks folder.

Additionally, when you search for mail items by using the Mac OS native Spotlight Search, your search may be unsuccessful. If you recently created a new Outlook Profile in Outlook for Mac, added a new account, or if you recently imported new data from a source such as a PST or OLM file, Spotlight indexing may not be complete. In this case, Outlook for Mac displays a "No Results" message.

To resolve this issue, wait for indexing to finish, and then search again. If the Profile or Identity name contains a special character, follow these steps to change the name:. If the issue is still unresolved, the Spotlight index may be corrupted. To reindex the Spotlight index, follow these steps:.

Note: In this command, the path after "-g" is the default path of the Outlook installation. Reindexing will take some time to complete. After the process is complete, exit and then restart Outlook.

If you still cannot search in Spotlight after you follow these steps, and if you have allowed for enough time for Spotlight Indexing to be completed, you may have to uninstall Office for Mac and reinstall it. Learn to narrow your search criteria for better searches in Outlook. Find a message or item with Instant Search. Outlook search returns no results Outlook search returns incomplete results Outlook search can't find older emails. Error: Search performance will be impacted because of a problem with how Outlook search is configured Search folders show unexpected PersonMetadata items with no subject.

Shared Mailbox: Problems with search results Outlook only: Search tab is greyed out. Start Outlook and click in the Search box. When the Indexing Status dialog appears, you should see the following: If Outlook has not finished indexing, note the items remaining to be indexed, wait five minutes, and then check again. Click the Windows Start menu and click in the Search box. Type services. Exit Outlook. Open Indexing Options in the Windows control panel. Select OK , and then select Close.

Follow these steps to make sure that the indexing options are configured correctly: Exit Outlook. In the Indexing Options dialog box, select Advanced. Select the File Types tab. Make sure that the Index Properties and File Contents option is enabled. In the Advanced Options dialog box, select Rebuild. Restart Outlook. Click in the Search box and try your search. Use filters to narrow your search and show older email messages.

Select your operating system. Select your operating system Windows 10 Windows 8 or 8. After reviewing several posts and "solutions" on the forum about the issue I'm having with Win 7 and Outlook search not working, my issue hasn't been resolved. Thought I would submit a question here. First symptom: Could no longer search for items in Outlook. When I typed a value in the search field for mail or contacts Outlook would search, but never stop.

Second symptom: could no longer search Windows 7 using the Start menu or an Explorer window. Third symptom: could no longer search OneNote. Ran the Search and Indexing troubleshooter. Received the "What problems do you notice" message box and I chose Files don't appear in search results, Email doesn't appear in search results, and Search or indexing is slowing down the computer.

After running the troubleshooter, I received this message: "Windows Search service is not running". The result was the "Troubleshooting has Completed" window saying "Windows Search service not running". Tried to resolve issue on my own. Went to Control Panel. Launched Indexing Options and discovered that Indexing is not running. The only option I had at this point was to click the Advanced button.

And then Rebuild Index. Several users have been able to fix the issue with this method. You can also give it a try. Step 1: Click on the Search icon on the Taskbar, type control panel , and press Enter. If the problem persists, you can uninstall the Outlook app and install it again.

This should remove any data associated with the app and resolve search issues in Outlook. To uninstall Microsoft Outlook, open the Start menu, type in Outlook. Right-click on the first search result and select Uninstall option. Lastly, if nothing works, you can try using the System Restore on Windows. Step 1: Open the Start Menu, type in create a restore point and click on the first result that appears. Step 3: You can either go with the recommended restore point or pick one yourself by choosing the second option.

Pick a restore point before the problem first occurred and hit Next. From there, follow the on-screen instructions to perform a system restore. The search tool on Outlook makes it easy to find emails, contacts, tasks, and more. Hopefully, the above solutions have ended your Outlook search woes for now. If you find any other solution that works for you, do share it with us in the comments.

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