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Aaron K
Asked: 2009-06-04 06:45:47 +0800 CST

How do you force Outlook 2007 to re-index it's seach on Windows XP SP 3?

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So I have a Windows XP SP 3 machine which is running Outlook 2007. When I search in Outlook for an email that exists using a basic keyword, like say "MySQL", I get no results. However, Outlook gives me the following message:

Search results may be incomplete because items are still being indexed. Click here for more details.

When I click, I get the following:

Outlook is currently indexing your items.
Search results may be incomplete because items are still being indexed.
8783 items remaining in "Mailbox - USER"
8812 items remaining across all open mailboxes.

The thing is, these are the numbers it has been reporting for several days, and Outlook is open for 8 hours a day. It does not seem like the index is working. As best I can tell, the index seemed to stop about 3 weeks ago.

How can I force Outlook 2007 to re-index everything and start working properly again?

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2 Answers

  1. Best Answer
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  2. For Windows

    • In Microsoft Windows click the Start button, and then click Control Panel
    • Do one of the following:
      • Windows Vista Click System Maintenance and then click Indexing Options

    in classic view, double-click Indexing Options

    • Microsoft Windows XP Under See Also, click Other Control Panel Options and then click Indexing Options

    in classic view, double-click Indexing Options

    • Windows 7 click Category under View By, change the view to either Small Icons or Large Icons and click Indexing Options
    • Click Advanced
    • Click Rebuild
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