The search feature in Windows Vista has been intentionally left with areas
that other search engines can use.
Overview of Windows Vista desktop search Changes in Windows Vista Service
Pack 1:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941946
You cannot find files when you search a Windows Vista-based computer even
though the files exist on the computer:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932989/en-us
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Mark L. Ferguson
"Ahmed Mesbah" <newsgroups@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Thanks for your reply, Mark. However, does that mean that on any Vista
> machine, a search for email will always be incomplete or return no results
> and that this behavior is by design? It sounds strange that Vista search
> would be incapable of doing what even Windows Desktop Search on XP did.
> What's the point of searching, if you're always second guessing the
> results?
>
> Ahmed
>
> "Mark L. Ferguson" <MarkLFerguson@xxxxxx> wrote in
> message news:C2DA2E4E-220E-411D-B65A-B1F932F6F22C@xxxxxx
> 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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> "Ahmed Mesbah" <newsgroups@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:52DA442E-2E1E-4B2C-9991-58F865255434@xxxxxx Quote:
>> 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
>>
>>
>>
>>