Resolve “outlook cannot perform search” Issues
In Windows operating system the indexing service is available this is used to perform index the files and folders within the operating system; it also includes Microsoft Outlook PST files. The PST folders are helpful to store many important data such as contacts, emails, attachments, calendars, tasks, events and many more. Due to all these functionalities MS Outlook is easily used in most of the companies to store important data. Along with this it also includes many other items that are associated with the indexing an due to this reason its efficiency increases on the whole and due to this the associated task can easily be performed. Sometimes Outlook data gets corrupted and due to this reason many problem gets generated in the system.
For instance, while you take a steps to upgrade from Outlook 2007 to 2010, and it is done, then after sometimes if you search for the Outlook items like email, contacts and any other thing then you may encounter below given error message:
“ Instant search encountered a problem while trying to display search results. Modifying your query may resolve this problem. ”Get Software >>>>> 
Here Outlook cannot search the generated situation when Outlook 2010 is used in Windows Vista then your MS Outlook becomes unable to perform search option.
To resolve this problem it becomes important to find out the reason that is responsible for this error message. Some responsible reasons are discussed below:
- Outlook PST file is corrupt
- Incomplete indexing of outlook PST file
- Might be Windows search installation is damaged or have other faults & therefore cannot perform searches
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So it becomes important to fix ‘Outlook cannot search’ error problem and for this user can try inbuilt inbox repair tool or Scanpst.Exe, this tool is capable enough to resolve the corruption problem. Sometimes due to its limitation and severe corruption this utility fails to fix the problem. If this fails then try below given steps:
- Verify Outlook PST indexing has to be verified: Tools –options-section search-button indexing options –button modify, expand Microsoft Outlook
- Then check whether the PST file name is displayed & selected in list of files under Outlook. If PST is not listed then outlook mail profile needs to be recreated.
- For resetting the damaged index follow this step: Control Panel -> Indexing options -> advanced -> button rebuild, with this complete index would be rebuild and thus the issues resolved.
Even after follow this problem is not resolved then you will have to sort the corruption and error problem by using third party Outlook PST repair Software this software is capable enough to repair the corruption and restore deleted data. It also has read-only attributes of the tool that’s makes is safe & being based on high-end algorithms that restores the deleted data safely.
