Check whether there is a filter on the folder.

There is no filter. The feature just doesn't work.

Did it work for you when you followed my steps? Or do rules like this just not work?

PS. Reporting this bug to Microsoft has been an exercise in frustration. There is no easy way to do that, unless I'm missing something. If you know how, please advise. Thanks

It turns out that Niton is correct - there was a filter. However, it was a filter I removed, but which it turns out WILL NOT go away.

I clear out the filters (again and again, with and without IT watching me), but the instant I create a new search folder, the filter returns. The filter dialog is blank before I create the search folder, but after I create the search folder and go in to look, the filter is back. I can't kill it.

Is there a switch somewhere other than the View > View Settings > Filter dialog that controls this??

Thanks!