Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 Solution Center

Search Folder

How to troubleshoot Search Folders in Outlook 2007 and in Outlook 2003
Provides general information about how to troubleshoot Search Folders related issues in Outlook 2007 and in Outlook 2003

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.
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.
Error message when you select the inactive Categorized Mail search folder in Outlook 2003: "The operation failed"
Describes an issue that may occur when you try to view the Categorized Mail search folder in Outlook 2003. The Categorized Mail search folder is a new search folder in Outlook 2007.