Right click on the Unread Mail search folder,
select: Customize this Search Folder
click the Browse button
In the Select Folders window, you can verify whether or not the Deleted Items folder and Junk E-mail folder have a check mark beside them. If they do, you can remove the check marks and the Unread Mail search folder should stop looking in those folders for unread messages.
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