Microsoft outlook search not working
Search results are mostly related to the Windows indexing service that creates an index of files on your computer in order to improve search performance. And rebuild Search index mostly fix windows search problems include Outlook search results. Aside again sometimes corrupted Outlook PST files also cause outlook not responding fails to display search results. Whatever the reason here we have 5 different solutions that helps to fix Microsoft Outlook Search Function Not Working Applicable on Microsoft office 2016/2013/2010/2007 running on Windows 10. When I’m trying to search something on outlook nothing happens, even if I’m writing whole words it’s not working. always says “no search results”.
1 Microsoft outlook search not working1.1 Ensure Windows Search Service is Started1.2 Check Outlook folder is set to Indexing1.3 Rebuild the MS Outlook Search Index1.4 Repair Corrupted Outlook PST File
Ensure Windows Search Service is Started
Select “Start” and type “CMD“.Right-click “Command Prompt” then choose “Run as administrator“.Type “sc config wsearch start= auto“, then press “Enter“. You should get a “SUCCESS” message.Type “net start wsearch“, then press “Enter“. You should receive a message that the service was started.
Check Outlook folder is set to Indexing
This is the first thing you must check, the Outlook folder is Set to indexing. If you are using Microsoft Outlook 2007 Open Tools-> Options-> Search Options… In the Indexing section, you can select which data file to index. Microsoft Outlook 2010 users Open File-> Options-> section Search-> button Indexing Options…-> button Modify-> expand Microsoft Outlook. In the list that is shown under Microsoft Outlook, make sure that your pst-file or mailbox is displayed and selected. If it is not listed, you’ll have to recreate your mail profile. And if you are using Outlook 2013 / 2016 / 2019 / Office 365 Open File-> Options-> section Search-> button Indexing Options…-> button Modify. Here, make sure that Outlook is selected. Unlike in Outlook 2007 and Outlook 2010, you cannot specify which mailboxes or pst-files in Outlook to index; You either index Outlook or you don’t.
Rebuild the MS Outlook Search Index
If outlook is already check-marked and the folder is set for indexing, But search results not working then try to manually rebuild the Windows search index that helps to fix Outlook search result problems.
Open the Control panel, select the small icon viewSelect Indexing Options, then Advanced.In the ‘Advanced Options’ window, select the ‘Index Settings’ tab and click on the ‘Rebuild’ button
This will prompt a message like the rebuild index might take login time to complete and search results effect until the rebuilding process complete. Click ok and let windows to complete the process for you. After that restart windows, open Outlook and search for something this fixes the problem.
Repair Corrupted Outlook PST File
If the rebuild the Search index didn’t fix the problem, then there is a chance the Outlook PST file has error, get corrupted that causing unable to find search results. Run the Inbox Repair Tool (Scanpst.exe) provided by Microsoft that help to analyze and fix errors with corrupted, damaged Outlook PST file. To Run Inbox Repair Tool, Close outlook (if running) and go to
Outlook 2016: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\root\Office16Outlook 2013: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office15Outlook 2010: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14Outlook 2007: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office12
Note: Outlook PST file mostly located C:\Users\YOURUSERNAME\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook
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