Searching by keyword doesnt work Outlook 2013

This seems like a weird one everyone. Searching in outlook by keyword doesn't work. Searching by sender and subject does work however. It should be noted that the user can search by keyword at other pcs and on the owa.
Heres what I've tried:
Reinstalling outlook
deleting users mailbox and recreating
repairing outlook 2013
repairing pst/ost files
removing directories from index and putting them back in
and rebuilding the entire index.

Sorry for my delay. If the issue persists in safe mode but not in other computer, please create a new Windows profile to have a try. Outlook uses data that is located in several different registry entries under the HKEY_CURRENT_USER key and in data files
in your local Windows profile. Therefore, you can test Outlook by using a new Windows profile to eliminate many of these settings and files as the cause of your problem.
If the issue persists when using a new Windows profile, I suggest we can try to perform a clean boot in your Windows for more troubleshooting:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929135/en-us
Regards,
Winnie Liang
TechNet Community Support

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