Thanks, all those who responded on- and off-list. This did the trick. Ed -----Original Message----- From: Gyepi SAM [mailto:self at gyepi.com] Sent: Friday, October 24, 2014 9:01 AM To: Ed Bride Subject: Re: [Hidden-tech] Annoying Outlook anomaly Sounds like your search index is corrupted or lost. This page should help https://support.office.com/en-US/Article/Instant-Search-is-not-finding-all-t he-items-I-expect-1eb50282-0fa3-4a04-8db4-ee1c14fa97ab In particular, note the section that describes your problem. -Gyepi On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 08:32:08PM -0400, Ed Bride wrote: > > > > HTers, > > > > I run my office on a laptop and docking station, never shut the > computer off except rarely when installing a software update (iTunes, > Windows, AOL, etc.). Today, after shutting down and re-starting, my > Outlook mail searches mostly come up empty. That is, no matter what > folder I look into, to try to find someone by name or by message > content, anything that was posted before early afternoon (when the > computer started again) is not found by the search. The messages are > there -I can find them manually--, but the search says they're not. > > > > Has anybody ever run across this, and if so, did you fix it? How? I > did a Windows update, shut down, started up again, but no change in > behavior. It's very annoying, disruptive, and costly, in terms of my time. > > > > Thanks, > > Ed > > > > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > > Edward J. Bride > > Technology Public Relations > > Twitter: @EdwardBride > > LinkedIn: Ed Bride