Outlook uses an SQL 'query' to search the profile *.PST file (a structured
database). The Windows index searches for 'text' within a file, another
thing all together.
I would imagine the same would be true for an Excel *.XLS or whatever, for
the same reason.
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Mark L. Ferguson
"Ahmed Mesbah" <newsgroups@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hello Group!
>
> When searching for email using the search box at the bottom of the Vista
> Start menu (or the separate Search Window), the results are always
> incomplete. This does not occur when I use Outlook's Instant Search. Even
> when using parameters like:
>
> kind:mail Search Term
>
> Email that I know exists does not show up in the Vista menu, but shows up
> instantly when I use Outlook's Instant Search box. The indexing control
> panel reports that indexing is complete, the number of indexed items
> looks
> just about right, and I've always got Outlook running minimized to tray.
> Has
> anybody else noticed this behavior?
>
> My setup is: Vista SP1 with a clean install of Office 2007
>
> Troubleshooting I've tried so far:
>
> I've made sure that "Search Communications" is checked in the Start Menu
> customization options
> Outlook Search options are set to index both of my pst files and all items
> in the Deleted items folder
> Repairing Office 2007
> Running Office Diagnostics
> Running the Scanpst.exe utility
> Rebuilding the index
> Restoring indexing defaults, restarting and leaving the computer idle to
> rebuild the index
> Restarting the indexing service
>
> The email certainly seems to be indexed, I'm just wondering why it doesn't
> all show up in the Start Menu search results or the Vista Search window
> like
> it does in Outlook Instant Search. Any ideas would be great appreciated.
>
> Ahmed
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