Visio - search doesn't work again

Anahaym 486 Reputation points
2021-08-16T15:28:58.66+00:00

Hi Everyone,

There is a Microsoft® Visio® Plan 2 MSO (16.0.14228.20216) 64-bit
When I opened a new file with pre-opened stencils I see all stencils , but when I try to search - nothig. How can I fix it?
This problem has been around for several years...

Thank you in advance!

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Visio: A family of Microsoft products used to create diagrams and vector graphics.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
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  1. Anahaym 486 Reputation points
    2021-08-17T09:46:06.877+00:00

    @Emily Hua-MSFT

    • US Metrics didn't help
    • Default Shape folder is "C:\Users\username\OneDrive - Company.name with üöä\Dokumente\My Shapes"
    • copying from C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\Visio Content\1033 to "C:\Users\username\OneDrive - Company.name with üöä\Dokumente\My Shapes" didn't help even after re-index.
    • I also set Stensils Path as "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\Visio Content\1033" - didn't help

  2. Konrad Schmucker 0 Reputation points
    2023-03-06T10:09:36.14+00:00

    Does this search depend from the scaling of the actual drawing page?

    I noticed a strange behaviour when pages are inches or mm.

    This makes a difference in finding stencils!

    see my posting here:

    https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/visio-filters-stencils-to-show-only-stencils-which/39f51f22-4404-40c0-b592-6171d336f7d7

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  3. LexHoogenboomVerdelICTMedia-9576 0 Reputation points
    2023-04-12T14:28:01.28+00:00

    I have Windows 11, search doesn't work at all since years, I would expect Microsoft to fix basic features in Visio since you need to pay monthly for it. Does anyone know if Visio is considered as a modern application at Microsoft? It seems like it's legacy.

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