Microsoft KB Archive/240697

= You receive an "Outlook cannot perform your search" error message when you use the Find feature in Outlook =

Article ID: 240697

Article Last Modified on 10/25/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Outlook 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Outlook 98 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Outlook 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Outlook 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
 * Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Enterprise Edition
 * Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q240697



WARNING: ANY USE BY YOU OF THE COMMAND-LINE SWITCHES PROVIDED IN THIS ARTICLE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. Microsoft provides these command-line switches without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability and/or fitness for a particular purpose.



SYMPTOMS
When you use the Find feature in Outlook, you receive the following error message:

Outlook cannot perform your search. Outlook cannot display this view. The folder already exists.



CAUSE
A previously-defined Advanced Find has been saved and is now corrupted.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem:  Quit and log off of Outlook. Click Start, click Run, and in the Open box type:

outlook /cleanfinders



When you run Outlook with the /cleanfinders switch, it removes all saved searches from the mailbox.



MORE INFORMATION
For additional information about this and other command-line switches for Outlook 2000, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

197180 OL2000: Additional Command-Line Switches

Outlook 98:

182112 OL98: Additional Command-Line Switches

Outlook 97:

156982 OL97: Additional Command-Line Switches

Additional query words: search 8.0 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.5 9.0

Keywords: kberrmsg kbprb KB240697

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