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This addin dates back at least to the introduction of Windows Search for Windows XP. The file is C:WindowsSystem32mssphtb.dll.) Nothing I tried would convince it to stay enabled. Nothing changed.Īt some point I saw that an Outlook COM addin named “Windows Search Email Indexer,” was disabled. I unchecked it to turn the feature off, restarted, checked it to turn it back on, and restarted.
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When I put my cursor in the Search bar above the Inbox (shown above), a message immediately appeared: “The Windows Search Engine is currently disabled.
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After the first few rounds of updates, I installed Office 2010 Professional from disk and connected Outlook to my Exchange mailbox. I pulled a new laptop out of the box and started up Windows 7 Home Premium.
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Note that there was a followup for a very specific additional issue with the Samsung Series 9 laptop. The COM addin mssphtb.dll (“Windows Search Email Indexer”) is not required by Outlook 2010 and is intentionally disabled. SUMMARY: If searches do not work in Outlook 2010 on Windows 7, make sure the Windows Search and Indexing Service features are turned on. This description may help someone who finds it in a Google search – and it will serve as yet another illustration of how our lives are getting more complicated, not less, as time goes on.

I fixed a problem today with Outlook 2010 that has never come up before and won’t have any relevance to any of you.
