I have been having the same problem with Outlook 2007 for about a year now.
Has there been any news on how to fix it? Seems like it has been a noted
problem for quite some time. Thanks.

"df1sp" wrote:

Hi all - I am having the exact same problem (Outlook 2007): first it started
a few months ago out of the blue with new contacts not being found when typed
into the "search all contact items" box (instant search); then some weeks
later, no contacts were returned at all....even if I type in just one letter,
say "e", which should return just about any contact.
It makes contacts pretty useless, and VERY frustrating.
I did everything I can think of, turn indexing on/off, rebuild the index,
also tried to use the scanpst tool, but it comes back "scnpst32.dll is
missing". ("Microsoft is looking for a solution", but of course does not come
back with one....).
Btw., I can search mails and that works fine....
All the other PC's in my home do not have the problem (yet!).
I suspect it all started with some update, but I cannot put my fingers on
it, since it's automatic.

The most frustrating part is that A LOT OF USERS are having the problem, but
no one from MS is showing up in the various threats, or working to address
the problem.
There is clearly a fundamental bug here that needs to be fixed!
df1sp

"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote:

Did you upgrade to the new WDS engine?

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"RaulRuben" wrote in message
...
I already had rebuilt the index (which took a while), and nothing. Same
problem. I cannot find a lot of contacts by search, but they are there as
I
can find them alphabetically. Something changed!!!!

"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote:

Try rebuilding the index - Control panel, indexing options, advanced.

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"RaulRuben" wrote in message
...
I have the same exact problem in Vista with MS Outlook 2007. I tried
rebuildind the index from Control Panel and nothing. I inserted this
contact
Robyn Whatever and it cannot find it. But if I go into a new email and
click
the "To" button, it finds it. Nothing I add or change now will be
found.
It
keeps saying that it is in the middle of indexing but that has gone on
for
days. Something is wrong with the program because I have done nothing
different. I have almost 400 contacts and this is a pain.

Raul


"MichaelJS" wrote:

For some reason, contacts I have added recently cannot be found using
the
search function. Has something changed in recent times in Outlook
with
the
various security patches? This has not been the case in the past...
Help!