I found my scanpst.exe file in Program Files -> Microsoft Office -> Office 12īut if its not there, you can download the program, just google it Once I knew the location, I applied scanpst.exe to the file. pst was located by hiting file -> open -> outlook data file I had a similar problem and I just fixed it, I don't know if its the same as yours.when I went to use the instant search in either contacts or past mail, my outlook froze and I had to restart it. I really really need this function badly for what i do daily and am really In any case, i've tried using that Advanced find and tried various Fields Is that other Outlook functionality called Note for taking notes. I put all my notes is actually called "Notes" plural. "Notes" is probably correct since the section in Contacts at the bottom where please realize that "Note" is probably incorrect but
That allows you to select Contact, maybe that's the right one? or,Īlternatively, one other Field in the field dropdown is "Frequently Usedįields" where you can choose either Contacts or simply Notes. The option called "All Note Fields" has a pull out menu However, when you drop down that menu, there is NO The 3rd tab, Advanced, asks you to start with defining a "Field" with aįield dropdown menu. Such option for searching the "Notes" section. The 1st tab (Contacts) does not seem to work for me at all as there is no the first tab is Contacts, the 2nd tab is More When you select Advanced Find, you get a new pop up window. Multiple options where the last one is Advanced Find. Pull out menu to the right when you hover over the Instant Search shows Tools at the top, the dropdown menu's 2nd option is Instant Search. In Contacts "mode", you have all the contacts on the right pane. More details on how it won't work with the Advanced tab either: i might have inadvertently hit a key to the left or right of the keyboard and that might have changed some important setting? I've tried researching this for hours to no avail. i have over 1500 contacts and it is very useful for me to be able to zero in on certain people. but for the past 3 days, i cannot get the Search function to find anything at all in Contacts!!
In the past couple of weeks, for some reason, i haven't used my search function much. Typically, i would simply type in Joe Smith and every contact where anywhere containing Joe Smith would show up, and of course, John Smith would show up as well since i wrote in his Notes section, Joe Smith's brother. John Smith, in the Notes section, i might write Joe Smith's brother, or Computer expert. i would put in keywords that would help me find/remember the contact by, i.e. Gentlemen/Ladies: i've been a long time user of Microsoft Outlook (maybe over 10 years) and have long found the Notes section of the Contacts to be useful.