Google Desktop and Outlook 2007

[mjf17]

Hey everyone,
I've tried to look for an answer for this before posting but haven't seen it yet. I have Vista on an HP laptop and am using Office 2007. I used to use XP and Office 2003 and really came to rely on GDS to find emails, files, etc.

Since moving to Vista and Office/Outlook 2007, I've found out how to disable the built-in Windows Desktop Search. I've installed Google Desktop Search and have let it fully index the computer (left it overnight for a couple nights). On the page where you can look at the Index Status, it shows a high number for files indexed but only 200 or so emails. I figured out that it has only indexed emails that have come in since I installed it and has not indexed any emails already received.

I tried to look around and seeing no posts or info that matched my situation, I figured I must have just done something incorrectly. So I fully uninstalled GDS (including the option to remove the index) and then reinstalled. As I'm watching the index now build, I'm seeing the files increase, but the number of emails index remains at zero.

Is there something unique about Outlook 2007 and/or Vista which is preventing GDS from indexing existing emails? Has anyone else experienced anything like this?

Thanks in advance for any replies!

-Mike