In the outlook search bar "Search <0w>" appears

Change notifier is Apple - installed by iTunes or iCloud. if you not using iTunes to sync Outlook calendar & contacts, you can disable it. It doesn't usually cause problems though (that I've seen.) The other two add-ins are Microsoft - if you don't send mail or calendar to OneNote, it can be disabled - exchange add-in helps with calendaring. ...

Hi Diane:

As a second test I disabled Malwarebytes Premium (Settings | General | Windows Startup | Launch Malwarebytes in the Background When Windows Starts | OFF), inactivated ALL my Outlook 2019 add-ins at File | Options | Add-ins as shown below and then restarted my computer and it made no difference - I still see "Search <0w>" in my Outlook 2019 search box.

Thanks for the info about my add-ins. I don't sync Outlook with iTunes or use OneNote so I'll re-activate the Microsoft Exchange Add-in and leave the rest inactivated.

Dell Inspiron 15 5584 * 64-bit Win 10 Pro v22H2 build 19045.4529 * Firefox v127.0.2 * Microsoft Defender v4.18.24050.7-1.1.24050.5 * Malwarebytes Premium v5.1.5.116-1.0.1252 * Macrium Reflect Free v8.0.7783 * Microsoft Office Home and Business 2019 C2R Version 2406 / Build 17726.20126 * iTunes for Windows v12.13.2.3

User - "Microsoft, please rectify this issue. No remedy seem to have yet been found".

Microsoft - "we so not 'functional' issue here, works fine... next..."

#typicalmicrosoft

Hello, I'm from the future and still no fix lol!

Please, What would be the manual update procedure? I'm waiting. Thank you

What would be the manual update procedure?

Hi Luca Marci:

I assume HalMarston meant opening MS Outlook [or any other Microsoft Office Click-to-Run (C2R) program], going to File | Office Account | Update Options, and choosing "Update Now". However, HalMarston is the only Microsoft 365 or MS Office 2016 / 2019 / 2021 C2R user I know of that was able to fix the "Search <0w>" in their Outlook search box this way.

Unfortunately, there is a known but unrelated bug in the latest MS Office Version 2406 / Build 17726.20126 (Current Channel, rel. 26-Jun-2024) where many users who try a manual update this way now see a "Something Went Wrong" error 30088-27. Microsoft is aware of this bug and is investigating - see Prius 04’s 02-Jul-2024 topic Microsoft 365 Update Error 30088-27 for ongoing status updates.

Be aware that there is a method to force an update or roll back to any version of Microsoft 365 or MS Office 2016 / 2019 / 2021 C2R by entering a command in an elevated command prompt with Administrator rights. Step-by-step instructions are available in Diane Poremski’s Uninstall Updates in Office ‘Click to Run*’* on the slipstick.com site.

For example, to roll back a C2R edition of MS Office for Windows down to Version 2405 / Build 17628.20164 (released 19-Jun-2024) you would temporarily disable automatic updating at File | Office Account | Update Options and then enter the command :

"C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\officec2rclient.exe" /update user updatetoversion=16.0.17628.20164

Dell Inspiron 15 5584 * 64-bit Win 10 Pro v22H2 build 19045.4529 * Firefox v127.0.2 * Microsoft Defender v4.18.24050.7-1.1.24050.5 * Malwarebytes Premium v5.1.6.117-1.0.1270 * Macrium Reflect Free v8.0.7783 * Microsoft Office Home and Business 2019 C2R Version 2406 / Build 17726.20126