Windows Search Indexing

I am having a problem with Windows 7 search when searching for emails:

1)When searching for an outlook email in the "instant search" bar in Outlook, the results are as expected (many results are displayed for the search term)

2) However, when searching from a search box using the exact same term as in #1 above, (eg/ when using Windows Key + F), no results are displayed.

My understanding is that both of these search methods utilize the same index, application, etc...so this is perplexing.

In looking at Inexing Options, it appears to be completely indexed. I have tried to rebuild the index several times with the same results.

Any help would be appreciated

 

Your emails are buried inside your Outlook.pst file and so are not visible to Windows Search as separate files.

 

Thanks for your reply, but that is not correct. Individual emails are contained in the index and are supposed to be included in results when the Windows + F bar is used. In my case, they are not.

 

My bad - apologies :-o