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Rockn wrote: Like it says, you should have a current and connected Outlook profile prior to setting up RPC over HTTP. Is there a way you can connect directly to the network the Exchange server resides on, set up the user profile and then connect off of the LAN with RPC over HTTP? I could never get it to work on any client unless I first connected to Exchange and created a profile first. I just had one of those moments where you want to punch something because the answer was staring you in the face the whole time. I hate to even admit this, but I will own up to it. My issues were twofold. I did need to connect the profile I created back to our main site (via VPN) and let the OST file generate first.
Here's the kicker. Even though I said I created HKEYCURRENTUSER Software Microsoft Office 14.0 Outlook RPC DefConnectOpts correctly, I put the RPC folder inside the 14.0 folder! Once I fixed that problem everything worked like a charm. Man, that is frustrating, but it works nonetheless. Thank you all for helping. I don't know if you all have found the solution but this should fix it.
Just tested and resolved with the following process. In the case that you migrate a system or some other sort of anomaly causes an issue with Outlook to where it shows no search results this is how you fix it. First start by Removing the account from outlook. Go to Outlook Preferences Accounts. Select the account and then select the minus button. Confirm and select Delete. It will go through a brief process of deleting the account.
Once the account is removed. Quit Outlook. Next go to Outlook in the Applications folder and right click then select Show Package Contents.
In here go to Contents ShareSupport. Open the Outlook Profile Manager.
Select the Main Profile and select the minus button in the bottom left hand corner to delete it. Once deleted create a new profile with the plus button in the bottom left hand corner. Rename the profile to the users first name or something other than 'Main Profile'. Note: Do not include special characters in the Profile name it will blow things up. Next open Outlook and go to Outlook Preferences Accounts. Select the plus button in the bottom left hand corner and then select Exchange for the account type. Alternatively you can click on the Exchange Icon.
Enter the credentials and let the email download. Do a test search. If results show. Appleninja wrote: I don't know if you all have found the solution but this should fix it. Just tested and resolved with the following process.
In the case that you migrate a system or some other sort of anomaly causes an issue with Outlook to where it shows no search results this is how you fix it. First start by Removing the account from outlook. Go to Outlook Preferences Accounts. Select the account and then select the minus button.
Confirm and select Delete. It will go through a brief process of deleting the account. Once the account is removed.
Quit Outlook. Next go to Outlook in the Applications folder and right click then select Show Package Contents. In here go to Contents ShareSupport. Open the Outlook Profile Manager.
Select the Main Profile and select the minus button in the bottom left hand corner to delete it. Once deleted create a new profile with the plus button in the bottom left hand corner. Rename the profile to the users first name or something other than 'Main Profile'.
Note: Do not include special characters in the Profile name it will blow things up. Next open Outlook and go to Outlook Preferences Accounts. Select the plus button in the bottom left hand corner and then select Exchange for the account type. Alternatively you can click on the Exchange Icon.
Enter the credentials and let the email download. Do a test search. If results show.
This problem has sporadically cropped up in my environment still. I do not know what is causing it but I do have a solution that has worked 100% of the time when it does happen. The following commands do fix it, as posted by someone else in another thread.
I believe the key line may be the neverindexmetadata line. (haven't been able to replicate the problem enough to narrow things down). Sudo mdutil -i off / sudo rm -rf /.Spotlight. sudo rm -rf /.metadataneverindex REBOOT the computer NOW sudo mdutil -i on / sudo mdutil –E. This is sort of a workaround fix but it worked for me!
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I'm on an iMac late 2014 model with Outlook 2016 Mac. What I did was move all messages to another temporary folder within Outlook and then back to their respective folders one folder at a time or to whatever messages you want indexed again.
It somehow forces Outlook to index them again and search now finds them again! Give it a shot. Hope it helps you.
It helped me and only took a few minutes since I have one large Archived folder. I'm back up and finding emails once again:). Ahmedali18 wrote: This problem has sporadically cropped up in my environment still. I do not know what is causing it but I do have a solution that has worked 100% of the time when it does happen. The following commands do fix it, as posted by someone else in another thread. I believe the key line may be the neverindexmetadata line. (haven't been able to replicate the problem enough to narrow things down).
Sudo mdutil -i off / sudo rm -rf /.Spotlight. sudo rm -rf /.metadataneverindex REBOOT the computer NOW sudo mdutil -i on / sudo mdutil%u2013EI get sudo mdutil%u2013E Error: invalid path `%u2013E' on the last step?