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How to troubleshoot Search Folders in Outlook 2010, Outlook 2007, and Outlook 2003
Provides general information about how to troubleshoot Search Folders related issues in Outlook 2010, Outlook 2007, and Outlook 2003
How to troubleshoot Search Folders in Outlook 2010, Outlook 2007, and Outlook 2003
Provides general information about how to troubleshoot Search Folders related issues in Outlook 2010, Outlook 2007, and Outlook 2003
Description of the Outlook Unread Mail Count functionality in Outlook 2007 and in Outlook 2003
Describes the new Unread Mail Count functionality in Outlook that is integrated with the Fast User Switching feature in Windows XP. You can view the number of unread e-mail messages that a user has by clicking a hyperlink under the user name.

Troubleshooting - Search Folder

Troubleshooting - Search Folder

You can only create a search folder for an e-mail folder in Outlook 2007 and in Outlook 2003
Explains that you cannot create a new search folder in a folder other than an e-mail folder. Requires that you use macro code to resolve the problem.
You cannot apply a filtered view while you are in a search folder in Outlook 2003
Describes how the search returns empty items in the search folder when you apply a filtered view in Outlook 2003. This behavior occurs if your mail server is Exchange 5.5. To work around this behavior, you can use a custom search folder.
The search folder is empty when you create a "Mail from and to specific people" search folder to find e-mail messages in Outlook 2003
Explains why no items are found in the search folder when you create a "Mail from and to specific people" search folder to find e-mail messages in Outlook 2003.

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