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Posted by Thom on November 17, 2005, 2:00 am
Please log in for more thread options Glad that it helped you, Nick.
I think i saw somewhere a note that there is a new release of the Microsoft
Desktop Search out. Maybe they fixed it.
regards
Thom
"NickM" wrote:
> A very big thankyou.
>
> Couldn't find anything about this problem, but I couldn't index any of my
> pst files. Moving all the emails down a level in the .pst folder has meant
> that they are now indexed properly.
>
> Surely microsoft should update the help for this - it gives other examples
> of why the email might not be indexed. Alternatively perhaps a fix is in
> order.
>
> Nick
>
>
>
> >A friend of mine found the solution.
> >
> > I keep my emails in several pst files which are located on a network
> > drive.
> > MDS used to index those pst files and i could search in them as well. I am
> > not sure when this all stopped, maybe after upgrading from the beta
> > version
> > to the real thing.
> >
> > Anyway, the solution is thus.
> > Below the root directory of the pst file (which shows up in the tree
> > listing
> > in Outlook after opening it from within Outlook) there are the usal sub
> > directories like removed items, searchmaps and the like. I made a new map
> > (format: emails and postitems), moved all the emails from the root
> > directory
> > to this sub map, and there you are! MDS is now able to 'see' these emails
> > and
> > to index them subsequently. Oviously MDS needs the emails to be in a
> > specifik
> > 'emails and postitems' map to be able to index them etc.
> >
> > Anyone noticed this before me? It took me a hell of a lot of time to find
> > out.
> >
> > By the way, because i was in a deadlock i tried out the Google Desktop
> > Search utility. In many ways it is inferior to MDS in my opinion. Glad MDS
> > is
> > back on the right track for me!
> >
> > Thom
> >
> > "Thom" wrote:
> >
> >> I keep 3 or 4 years of mail in pst files of 3 month's each. Indexing
> >> thoses
> >> pst files was not a problem until recently. I am not sure whether the
> >> problem
> >> came up with the upgrade from the beta to the real thing. Anyway, now I
> >> can
> >> index and search my inbox, also all my doc files stored on my HD or on
> >> the
> >> network servers at the office. The PSt files that are stored on the
> >> network
> >> servers (or on my HD - I tried that already) however can not be indexed.
> >> When I open the tree to select the items to be indexed all the pst files
> >> show
> >> up, I can select them etc. Anyone familiar with this problem? I'd be
> >> obliged
> >> for any help.
>
>
>
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