Windows 7: 2017-06 Preview of Monthly Quality Rollup for Windows 7 (KB4022168).Updated July 2017: Try to install the following updates before continuing below and then check if the Outlook search problem is resolved: If you 're using Windows 8, 8.1 or Windows 10 then skip the first two steps (Step-1 & Step-2) and go to Step-3.Ģ. (e.g.: Outlook Search Not Working, Outlook Search doesn't 'return' the correct search results, Windows search not working, etc.) How to Rebuild Outlook Index & Solve Outlook Search problems.ġ. To fix search problems in a Windows 7 computer you have to rebuild the 'Index' created by the Indexing service.īelow you will find step-by-step instructions to rebuild the Windows Indexing in order to resolve all the problems that you may have with the 'search' feature in Windows and the Outlook program. Windows Indexing service creates an index of files on your computer in order to improve search performance. If Outlook search is not working as expected, then the problem probably occurs in the Windows Indexing service. In fact, Outlook email search displayed just a few results and didn't display the most recent emails that should have been displayed since they matched the search. On a Windows 7 based computer we observed this problem: Outlook 2010 returned incomplete search results. In this tutorial you will find instructions to fix the 'Outlook Search Not Working' problem in Outlook 2016, 2013, 2010 or 2007.
