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Here’s the fix for Microsoft’s Outlook search not working in Windows 11
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Updated onOctober 4, 2023
updated onOctober 4, 2023
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Although Windows 11 is fairly new in the market, it has had its own fair share of problems so far. The Windows App recently had problems crashing down and it now appears that Outlook is failing to return any search results.
Users took to theFeedbackhubto express their woes and Microsoft has acknowledged the error and has now come up with a fix.
The problem apparently appeared after the upgrade to Windows 11 and occurs on accounts where email items are stored in PST or OST.
Unique to Windows 11 users
It appears that the only people facing this problem are Windows 11 users. Outlook fails to return search results and users are getting the message “Search performance will be impacted because of a problem with how Outlook search is configured“.
New fix
Microsoft is quick to let the users know that this is not entirely a fix but a temporary workaround as they work towards a more permanent solution.
The issue will continue to affect the offline search for data in locally stored OST files where the search index gets deleted and rebuilt once the upgrade is completed.
For the temporary fix, Microsoft is encouraging users to disable the Windows Desktop Search service for Outlook.
If you need to make an urgent search, follow the steps below;
Have you encountered this problem in Outlook in Windows 11? Let us know in the comment section below.
Don Sharpe
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Don has been writing professionally for over 10 years now, but his passion for the written word started back in his elementary school days. His work has been published on Livebitcoinnews.com, Learnbonds.com, eHow, AskMen.com, Forexminute.com, The Writers Network and a host of other companies.
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