Tom Porterfield

wynand32 wrote:
> I've discovered that Vista searches don't tend to return all results; so
> far, I've found this predominantly in Outlook (2007, if that matters).
> I've run tests where I've searched for known emails (known because I'm
> basing the search on their contents), and search isn't displaying them.
>
> As far as I can tell, there isn't any special about the emails, and I
> haven't had the time to try to find a document that search doesn't locate.
> Obviously, it was only by random chance that I found some emails that
> search doesn't locate.
>
> Anyone have any ideas?

Vista by default searches its index. So possibilities are that the indexer
hasn't completed indexing everything, or the e-mails are in a folder that
the indexer isn't looking at. If you want to modify the index locations,
follow these steps:

1. Open Indexing and Search Options by clicking the Start button , clicking
Control Panel, clicking System and Maintenance, and then clicking Indexing
Options.

2. Click Modify.

3. To add a location, select its check box in the Change selected locations
list, and then click OK.

If you don't see all of the locations on your computer in the Change
selected locations list, click Show all locations. If you are prompted for
an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide
confirmation.

If you want to include a folder but not all of its subfolders, expand the
folder, and then clear the check box next to any folder you don't want to
index. These folders will appear in the Exclude column of the Summary of
selected locations list.

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Tom Porterfield