Lookout search plugin and Outlook 2007
If you have to use Outlook I believe you deserve better search features than the features available for you by default. Many of you know the great search plugin Lookout. However after migrating to Outlook 2007 I was unable to successfuly install and use it. Instead after restarting Outlook I got error message:
Sorry! It looks like another Outlook Plugin has installed an unofficial version of the Outlook libraries which breaks Lookout. Lookout will not be able to load. […].
But it looks like there is a way to install Lookout on Outlook 2007. After closing Outlook run from command line:
cd %SYSTEMROOT%\assembly\GAC rename Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.OLD type nul > Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook rename Policy.11.0.Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook Policy.11.0.Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.OLD
After restarting Outlook everything should work. Don’t blame me if it doesn’t. But in case it doesn’t you can revert changes executing following commands:
cd %SYSTEMROOT%\assembly\GAC rename Policy.11.0.Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.OLD Policy.11.0.Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook del Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook rename Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.OLD Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook
Hope it helps!
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Robbie Clutton said,
January 8, 2008 @ 12:45 am
the company who wrote lookout were bought by microsoft and lookout found it’s way into the office 2007 client. I’m quite happy with the search features in 2007, I’m surprised you could find much difference.
znachor said,
January 8, 2008 @ 11:06 am
My guerrilla soul tells me that Lookout is much faster that whatever they built-in in Outlook 2007.
Leon said,
January 22, 2008 @ 1:54 pm
Renaming assemblies in the GAC is dangerous. I think my solution is better:
http://www.wirwar.com/blog/2008/01/22/search-e-mail-at-lightspeed-using-lookout-with-outlook-2007/
Mike said,
March 3, 2008 @ 4:06 pm
I managed to get Lookout to work inside Vista and Outlook 2007, by the following simple procedure:
1) Install lookout
2) Download and insert the patched Inventures_Olk.dll into the Lookout folder (C/:Programs/lookout). Just click overwrite. You can download the patched file here: http://www.wirwar.com/blog/wp-content/inventures_olk.zip
3) Download and insert the patched Lookout.dll into the Lookout folder (C/:Programs/lookout). Just click overwrite. You can download the patched file here: http://www.scw.us/win/FixingLookout/lookout.dll
Very simple!
Kristin said,
March 13, 2008 @ 4:08 pm
Hi Mike,
I tried your procedure for Outlook 2007 and Vista. However, I get the following error when trying to install Lookout “Error registering LookoutAddIn.DLL via ergsm(error)”.
Any ideas???
Thanks,
Kristin
david said,
July 16, 2008 @ 1:36 pm
I was able to get lookout running in outlook 2007 just fine by using the interop rename as described above. but ran in to a situation where i had to remove and reinstall office2007, breaking the lookout plugin again. after removing and reinstalling lookout i try to rename the interop with all the programs freshly reinstalled and get the error that a duplicate exists or that the file cannot be found. anyone run in to this situation?
Thanks, Dave
Lookout in Outlook 2007 at Joel’s Corner said,
October 13, 2008 @ 6:23 pm
[…] there’s a solution (found in a this comment): 1) Install lookout 2) Download and insert the patched Inventures_Olk.dll into the Lookout folder […]
Terry said,
November 7, 2008 @ 4:33 pm
I managed to get Lookout 1.30 working on Outlook 2007 again. I had the “blank toolbar” problem after using Lookout with Outlook 2007 for a few months after replacing the two .DLL files. Guess one of the Microsoft updates installed the latest Desktop Search tool and deactivated Lookout.
I reactivated it, then restarted Outlook. Viola. It’s back, and working. I re-indexed. Lookout is working fine again.
Here’s how I reactivated Lookout to work with Outlook 2007 again:
Outlook
Tools
Trust Center
Add-ins
Manage “COM Add-ins”
You’ll see that the checkbox next to Lookout is not checked, so it has been deactivated and will no longer load at Outlook startup. Check the checkbox, make sure the “Load behavior” is set to “Load at startup” (the default) and click OK.
Lookout toolbar should be back and functional.
Pierre said,
November 17, 2008 @ 4:01 pm
Or try Lookeen! It’s almost the same like Lookout - but new and compatible to Vista and Outlook 2007. I think they will release a free version soon, too. I think it’s important to have a company behind my most important mail search tool (and new updates, etc…). Take look:
http://www.lookeen.com
alex said,
January 20, 2009 @ 5:47 pm
I have done everything as you say .. with the dlls and dll for framework 2.0 and the toolbar doesen’t show up… can anyone help me with answers … my mail is alxfirst@yahoo.com
Jason Baynes said,
March 4, 2009 @ 8:59 pm
Hey
I have the same problem with lookout and office 2007…i did almost everything to get lookout work again and now i dont want to try it anymore!
Pierre or anybody else could you tell me what is better at lookeen than at xnobi??
greetz jason
Michael Harrison said,
March 7, 2009 @ 7:47 pm
Jason:
I´m using lookeen. Tested xobni but it´s slower in my opinion and much bigger.
So if you want to work efficient and even find contents in your mails take lookeen!
http://www.lookeen.com
-Michael-
Jason Baynes said,
March 19, 2009 @ 12:48 pm
Thanks Michael
i tried the 14 day free version and be very very happy with it! it is really all true what they promise you and there is even an new version out now: lookeen 2.0, now you can improve your search and make it even more exactly as is already is…thats really great! Another point a like about lookeen is that you can be sure that it searched everywhere!!
Thanks a lot, it makes my work-life a lot more easier and more comfortable!!
Jason
Little_Girl said,
May 5, 2009 @ 2:47 pm
it’s perfectly working !
Thanks for your help …
Little_
mela said,
May 7, 2009 @ 11:39 am
I’ve tried all these hacks, renaming, patching, etc..
Then i’ve downloaded Lookout 1.28, installed it, and … just like that it started indexing, finished indexing … now i’m a happy user!
(XP Professional, Outlook 2007, Lookout 1.28)
cheers!
The Merry Traveller said,
May 12, 2009 @ 12:29 am
Yipee! This worked great! Thank you Life Saver!
Chris said,
September 24, 2009 @ 8:37 pm
Thanks, lifesaver!! Since lookoutsoft.com forums are gone now this information is hard to find!
Tony Weber said,
November 6, 2009 @ 11:28 pm
I have just reinstalled Lookout 1.3 and every time I try to do a search it
completely rebuilds the database, i.e. I never can actually query.
What am I doing wrong?
I have used it before on this system without this problem(?)
HELP!
gewkrewr said,
November 12, 2009 @ 5:58 pm
Okay, so now how do we do this in Outlook 2010 beta?
t1n0 said,
November 20, 2009 @ 8:45 am
I had performed the interop rename procedure before and used Lookout for a year or more fine. After installing Office 2007 Service Pack 2, I go the ‘another software has replaced…blah blah “error that prevented lookout from loading. (BTW: if you try to go to the link that lookout posted in the error, the one indicating “topic_id=10″ or even the lookout software website for that matter, you are now redirected to Microsft search website. I thought, oh, well, another company swallowed by Microsoft, might as well install the Microsoft Search and deal with it. But then in true Microsoft fashion, that wouldn’t install either :O…
I now did the two step procedure above, downloading and overwriting the lookout DLL’s with patched versions, and everything works well.
I am just restating everything for anyone who already had Lookout installed.
Thanks for the links, Mike.
Anatoliy said,
November 26, 2009 @ 11:43 am
Thanks, it’s works.
Anibal said,
February 8, 2010 @ 12:09 pm
Thanks for your help. Lookout is the best search engine I worked with. Microsoft has been an idiot killing this software.
Regards