bob_dc

I have the same problem. Since moving to outlook 2007, I can't get outlook
to index my pst files, which are indeed opened in outlook. Google desktop
search does index them, but not outlook. It is very frustrating not to be
able to use the outlook search like I used to use in the previous version of
outlook. I am using windows xp sp2, outlook 2007, and a imap email server
at my university.

"Frank in Houston" wrote:

> Ed,
>
> I think that you must have the PST open in outlook in order for WDS to see it.
> You can control this from Settings>Control Panel>Mail>Data Files...
>
> I am struggling with the same and I am going to try and convert to another
> format like .msg to see what happens.
>
> -Frank
>
> "Ed." wrote:
>
> > Hello everyone.
> > I'm starting to be pretty desperate, crawling the web for days without
> > finding any answer, so I'm trying to ask my question here.
> >
> > My configuration is: Windows XP Pro (SP2 + all updates), Office 2007
> > Professional Plus and (just installed) the latest version of WDS. My Outlook
> > works with my Exchange mailbox, and I'm also maintaining PST file for
> > archiving old items (the PST was created in my old Outlook XP, and
> > transferred to the new machine).
> >
> > The problem is that, no matter what I try to do, I can't make WDS find
> > Outlook items stored in the PST! It readily finds all the items with the
> > specific search words in the Exchange mailbox, but doesn't even show any
> > result from the PST (which does, of course, have relevant items).
> > I've tried to uncheck and then re-check the "Personal Folders" option in the
> > Search Options dialog, tried to rebuild the index - nothing helped!
> > So as for now, I'm pretty desperate and starting to think about going back
> > to Google Desktop Search I was using before...
> > This forum is really my last resort... So any help will be highly appreciated!
> >
> > Thanks in advance!