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outlook 2010 - opened an archive .pst file and the search function of "ext:pdf" is not working...

I needed to find some emails from an old employee who had configured his PC for POP and Outlook. All his mail was being downloaded to a .pst file and never saved on the server.

So the only copy of his mail I have is the .pst file. We are able to open this file from Outlook 2010 client and it states that all indexing has been completed.

When I try to use the "EXT:pdf" search function to find all messages with a .pdf attachment Outlook tells me there are none, however when I click through his inbox I can see several without even looking hard.

What do I need to do so I can search on file extensions?
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Is it possible that Indexing is not completed yet? You can check this by clicking into seach box in Outlook and clicking the Search Tools -> Indexing Status...
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When I checked that is stated 0 messages left to index. Last night when I checked it, it showed thousands of messages left to index. I have confidence the index completed.
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