2171 and later versions, Outlook search returns no search results for POP and IMAP accounts. Outlook known issues in the March 2018 updatesįor some users after updating to. In the support article Fixes or workarounds for recent issues in Outlook for Windows it says in the section 'Outlook known issues in the March 2018 updates': In the case linked above, I found a hint that Microsoft is aware of the issue. Microsoft has published this article describing the side effects. Another root cause for similar issues and damaged pst files may be using personal folders with pst files over a network. Some forum post pointed out, that a missing access right to Windows search folders may cause this issue.Īnd I recommended a repair of Microsoft Office via control panel.In addition to re-indexing, the repair of the PST file is proposed. Another repair method (as of February 2016) is described in the Lookeen-Blog.According to a German Technet forum post, this currently does not work under Windows 10. If you search the internet for terms like 'Outlook 2016 search no longer works', there are many hits. I was not aware of anything in this respect, and especially with regard to the June 2018 updates. The administrator asked whether a relevant update (06/2016) is known, which could provide the cause. And therefore no prevention is possible for users not yet affected. The problem is that no root cause is known. This issue no longer occurs after a system reboot. Recently there have been more and more messages from our users that the Outlook search in the mailboxes no longer delivers any results.

A German administrator describes the issue here: Outlook 2016 users are faced with the issue, that the search in mailboxes no longer works.

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