PST

PST

• gpeng

  David Ing wrote:

  Yes, but open up outlook and then open up at least the top level folder in each .PST file. It seems like the indexer doesn't recognize it until it is opened in Outlook, (perhaps a FileWatcher thing rather than a Sessions.Folder quiz, dunno.) You can check it has found them by using the 'Indexing Status' window, i.e. when I first went back and clicked on a seldom used old PST my 'Items left to scan:' jumped up by a few thousand - a good sign it's found the content to index.

  You should only need to do that on Outlook 2000.

  In 2002 and 2003, you should only have to have them mounted in the default Outlook profile and have Outlook running. You shouldn't need to do anything special like expanding the to-level folder.

  
  
  

• Kishore Gopalan

  Sergey,

  Glad to hear you're up and running!! It's always nice to hear how things turn out!!

  
  
  

• Bilal Lodhi

  Brandon,

  Don't mean to hijack this thread but just wanted to use this opportunity to update you guys that my Outlook 2000 shutdown and PST indexing issues have been resolved. I followed the suggestions posted in now closed "WDS and Outlook 2000 crashing on exit issue - open for discussion " thread and now all is good. Thanks.

  
  
  

• FranzCarl

  Unfortunately in the current version, when you move items they may appear in both locations (in search results) until the indexer or Outlook is restarted (I forget the exact details, but it is a known issue. However, it is preferrable to the moved item not showing up in either location!).
  
  

• cmacho

  I wish this was true, but, at least on my system it's not. I run Outlook2003.

  Search indexes the files, but only one time. Any changes made after the initial indexing don't show up. And in a case where I created new PST files (for 2003, 2004, 2005) and moved files from "CurrentPST", and forced a reindexing, Seach now showed the files in BOTH locations; and both the search result line, and the thumbnail showed the old location for one, and the new location for the other. Somehow clicking on the file "located" in the old location, still opened the file, even though manual search by outlook showed that the email item no longer existed in that directory.

  
  

• Toby Broom

  David - again, appreciate your help here!

  FranzCarl - has what David suggested helped

  Thanks,

  Bill Connors

  Program Manager, Windows Desktop Search - Communities

  
  
  

• Chris-M

  Yes, but open up outlook and then open up at least the top level folder in each .PST file. It seems like the indexer doesn't recognize it until it is opened in Outlook, (perhaps a FileWatcher thing rather than a Sessions.Folder quiz, dunno.)

  You can check it has found them by using the 'Indexing Status' window, i.e. when I first went back and clicked on a seldom used old PST my 'Items left to scan:' jumped up by a few thousand - a good sign it's found the content to index.

  
  
  

• mu2

  Hi,

  I have my PST files mounted but still they are not indexed, I checked if the add in is disabled and it is not. Any suggestions

  Not sure if it is the problem, but my PST files and compressed and password protected.

  Thanks.

  
  
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