Nowadays Outlook is the most popular email application that is used to send and receive bulk of emails in an organization as well as personal level. It must be maintained and upgraded timely otherwise many issues may arise. Many times, it is difficult for users to execute and understand Outlook search with updated edition of application. As Search option, is the most important feature of the Outlook application. It helps to perform a specific search of a defined criterion. It helps in navigating through mails and other components quite proficiently. In the following section, we will discuss the trouble faced by the users.
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Problem Description
Note: While performing the search option, user must be aware of the following facts:
- Operating system must include Spotlight Search Option
- Spotlight Search should be synchronized with Outlook 2016
- When new data is introduced, it takes several minutes for indexing
Causes behind the Issue
The problem may arise due to following reasons as mentioned:
- Indexing of Spotlight Search is incomplete
- The name contains the special characters
- Profile or its parent folders are in privacy tab in Spotlight
- Index Search of Spotlight is corrupted
Way to Resolve the Problem
Solution 1: Complete Spotlight Indexing
Solution 2: Eliminate Special Characters
- View Profile Name
- Select Go >> Applications.
- Click on MS Outlook >> Show Package Contents
- Increase Contents, SharedSupport >> Outlook Profile Manager
- Change Profile Name
- Open Identity folder of Outlook 2016 from the mentioned location:
- Now, rename the identity name by removing the special characters
- Confirm the changes by again viewing the profile name.
Solution 3: Remove the tab of Privacy
Solution 4: Fix Spotlight Index Corruption
- Select Apple menu then, go to system preference >> Spotlight
- Click on the privacy tab and now drag the folder, which user wants to index to list of locations that is prevented from Spotlight search
- Choose the folder which is added and remove it from the list by clicking on the remove (-) button
- Now, quite the preferences of system and the Spotlight will re-index folder contents.
Conclusion
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