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This has worked for me a few times and with others when I was helping them on their computers. There have been quite a few instances where creating a new Mail Profile will solve issues that you are having. This is where the “fix” probably comes in to play. Create a new Mail Profile - if you are on this step, I’m assuming that you have already worked through the first 3 and have not had any luck.(Sidenote: I read a great tagline the other day…”To solve Windows problems, reboot to solve Linux problems, be root” Funny!) It is amazing what a little reboot now and again can do. Don’t forget the tried and true step of rebooting periodically. Check Results - test out your Outlook after running these two steps.In the case that I was working on, it didn’t produce anything notable. The results could vary so be sure to read through the recommendations/results carefully.

#Windows xp outlook 2007 indexing not working install

Each of these will run through a check of your Office install and could potentially fix issues that you are having. In 2007, go to the HELP menu and select OFFICE DIAGNOSTICS. In 2003, go to the HELP menu and select DETECT AND REPAIR.

Repair/Diagnose - Do a “Repair” on your Outlook 2003/2007.

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Windows Update - Make sure that you first run Windows/Microsoft Update to ensure that your Outlook is up to date.

The issue that I was having was that every time I searched for something in the Windows Desktop Search, I was getting ZERO results for email.

The funning thing is, it also helped ME resolve an issue that I was having with Windows Desktop Search (version 3.01) which runs on Windows XP (built in on Vista). So, what I have written up here is what I recommended to resolve and also note that many of these steps can be used on Outlook 2003. (One write-up of that is here.) That may be another issue altogether. Also, it seems there is a different issue floating around related to HTML emails in Outlook 2007 due to the new rendering engine the product has. While this may or may not work for you, it is worth the effort as you go through any type of troubleshooting. I saw all sorts of different solutions but decided to try something that has worked with other Outlook issues in the past. My understanding is that this is actually a fairly common issue just from viewing a Google search on the topic.

Not being able to view emails within the Preview Pane.

They were some strange, yet common problems, namely: I recently helped a friend work through and some issues he was having with Outlook 2007.