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Has anyone seen this before. Any advise on how to move back to default position?
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It is quite ridiculous. I've been working with PCs since Commodore 64s were mainstream and this is the silliest upgrade I have ever seen.
Searching emails is kind of fundamental to my and (I assume) millions of others. Given that MS has decided to break this and not fix it I've taken a different route.
I've gone back to a search product i used to use about five years ago called Copernic Desktop Search. It was good then and in the last five years it's been updated even further.
Highly recommended. Point it to the directories where you keep your documents and to any PST files (whether open in outlook or not). It takes a couple of days to index everything but once done it's a massive productivity boost.
Find anything and everything in seconds. Searches attachments. Gives you previews. Shows you where your search terms are in the targets. It's light years ahead of MS.
Worth a look.
I am not affiliated. Just a happy (returning) customer.
>>It is almost comedic that when you start typing in your search terms, the box expands so large that it covers up it's own search results.
Nail. Head.
Dear John,
Please do not assume what people will learn to love.
Stephanie,
I have been using the new search bar for about 6 months or so. I reverted it back with some of the methods suggested earlier in this thread but when you do this, you no longer receive the Office updates. So, like a beat down dog, I submitted to Microsoft's dominance. I STILL absolutely HATE the new location. It gets in the way of the email windows and the functionality and responsiveness of the typing area is horrendous. It is almost comedic that when you start typing in your search terms, the box expands so large that it covers up it's own search results.
I wish there was a better answer, but until someone comes out with a competing product we will have to roll over and let MS do as they please.
In the meantime you may find some relief in knowing you are not alone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwX2NuL0E1w
Dear John,
I have not learned to love it at all. I have been working with PCs since Windows 95 and I have seen plenty of changes. This is not a good one. If you like it that's fine , but you are out of line telling people what they should like.