Justin

That wont help OL2007. It either has access to the store file or it
doesn't. If it can find one email then it has the ability to find them ALL
but it doesn't.



"Tom Porterfield" <tpporter@mvps.org> wrote in message
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> 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.
>
> --
> Tom Porterfield