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From: Gordon on 7 Mar 2010 14:33 Outlook.PST was growing 1.069 GB - Tried manual compaction - (Highlight Personal Folders, Right Click; Properties; Advanced; Compact Now). Lots of disk activity, but no change in the size of Outlook.pst as reported by Windows Explorer. Next I deleted over 100 Meg of files, emptied trash and manually compacted again. Stll Windows Explorer says Outlook.pst is 1.069 GB Then I learn auto archiving had been turned off. Turn it on. The size of Archive1.pst increases by ~400 Megs. Run manual compact. The size of Personal Folders Outlook reports is decreased by the 400Meg, but Windows does not see any change in Outlook.pst size. On the theory the size on the HDD might be full of holes, I even copied Outlook.pst to a thumb drive -- still 1.069 GB OS is Vista Business w/ SP2. Any ideas? - Email will be: 2Cybers at gmail-dot-com Gordon Potter Atlanta, GA USA
From: Russ Valentine on 7 Mar 2010 15:17 Check the file size in Outlook, not Windows Explorer. -- Russ Valentine "Gordon Potter" wrote in message news:jtu7p5lhqs0brhgdildh4ga0gkct3qcelj(a)4ax.com... > Outlook.PST was growing 1.069 GB - Tried manual compaction - > (Highlight Personal Folders, Right Click; Properties; Advanced; > Compact Now). Lots of disk activity, but no change in the size of > Outlook.pst as reported by Windows Explorer. > > Next I deleted over 100 Meg of files, emptied trash and manually > compacted again. Stll Windows Explorer says Outlook.pst is 1.069 GB > > Then I learn auto archiving had been turned off. Turn it on. The > size of Archive1.pst increases by ~400 Megs. Run manual compact. The > size of Personal Folders Outlook reports is decreased by the 400Meg, > but Windows does not see any change in Outlook.pst size. > > On the theory the size on the HDD might be full of holes, I even > copied Outlook.pst to a thumb drive -- still 1.069 GB > > OS is Vista Business w/ SP2. > > Any ideas? > - > Email will be: > 2Cybers at gmail-dot-com > > Gordon Potter > Atlanta, GA > USA
From: DL on 7 Mar 2010 15:19 You would need to delete/archive a considerable quantity to notice any appreciable size reduction, 100mb wont do it <Gordon Potter> wrote in message news:jtu7p5lhqs0brhgdildh4ga0gkct3qcelj(a)4ax.com... > Outlook.PST was growing 1.069 GB - Tried manual compaction - > (Highlight Personal Folders, Right Click; Properties; Advanced; > Compact Now). Lots of disk activity, but no change in the size of > Outlook.pst as reported by Windows Explorer. > > Next I deleted over 100 Meg of files, emptied trash and manually > compacted again. Stll Windows Explorer says Outlook.pst is 1.069 GB > > Then I learn auto archiving had been turned off. Turn it on. The > size of Archive1.pst increases by ~400 Megs. Run manual compact. The > size of Personal Folders Outlook reports is decreased by the 400Meg, > but Windows does not see any change in Outlook.pst size. > > On the theory the size on the HDD might be full of holes, I even > copied Outlook.pst to a thumb drive -- still 1.069 GB > > OS is Vista Business w/ SP2. > > Any ideas? > - > Email will be: > 2Cybers at gmail-dot-com > > Gordon Potter > Atlanta, GA > USA
From: Gordon on 7 Mar 2010 17:09 Well we started out with 1.069GB, we have removed over 600MB - that is over 50% of the file contents at the start of the operation. I have another PC wherein I deleted a mere 25 MB and had the Outlook.pst file decrease in size by over 24 MB when I compacted. - Email will be: 2Cybers at gmail-dot-com Gordon Potter Atlanta, GA USA On Sun, 7 Mar 2010 20:19:52 -0000, "DL" <notvalid(a)spoofaddress.co.uk> wrote: >You would need to delete/archive a considerable quantity to notice any >appreciable size reduction, 100mb wont do it > ><Gordon Potter> wrote in message >news:jtu7p5lhqs0brhgdildh4ga0gkct3qcelj(a)4ax.com... >> Outlook.PST was growing 1.069 GB - Tried manual compaction - >> (Highlight Personal Folders, Right Click; Properties; Advanced; >> Compact Now). Lots of disk activity, but no change in the size of >> Outlook.pst as reported by Windows Explorer. >> >> Next I deleted over 100 Meg of files, emptied trash and manually >> compacted again. Stll Windows Explorer says Outlook.pst is 1.069 GB >> >> Then I learn auto archiving had been turned off. Turn it on. The >> size of Archive1.pst increases by ~400 Megs. Run manual compact. The >> size of Personal Folders Outlook reports is decreased by the 400Meg, >> but Windows does not see any change in Outlook.pst size. >> >> On the theory the size on the HDD might be full of holes, I even >> copied Outlook.pst to a thumb drive -- still 1.069 GB >> >> OS is Vista Business w/ SP2. >> >> Any ideas? >> - >> Email will be: >> 2Cybers at gmail-dot-com >> >> Gordon Potter >> Atlanta, GA >> USA >
From: Russ Valentine on 7 Mar 2010 19:21
Read my reply. Stop panicking. Get a life. It will take a while for Windows Exploder to report the file size correctly. What's the rush? -- Russ Valentine "Gordon Potter" wrote in message news:it88p5t2v583bgktvcvi66runbn6os9jcf(a)4ax.com... > Well we started out with 1.069GB, we have removed over 600MB - that > is over 50% of the file contents at the start of the operation. > > I have another PC wherein I deleted a mere 25 MB and had the > Outlook.pst file decrease in size by over 24 MB when I compacted. > > - > Email will be: > 2Cybers at gmail-dot-com > > Gordon Potter > Atlanta, GA > USA > > On Sun, 7 Mar 2010 20:19:52 -0000, "DL" <notvalid(a)spoofaddress.co.uk> > wrote: > >>You would need to delete/archive a considerable quantity to notice any >>appreciable size reduction, 100mb wont do it >> >><Gordon Potter> wrote in message >>news:jtu7p5lhqs0brhgdildh4ga0gkct3qcelj(a)4ax.com... >>> Outlook.PST was growing 1.069 GB - Tried manual compaction - >>> (Highlight Personal Folders, Right Click; Properties; Advanced; >>> Compact Now). Lots of disk activity, but no change in the size of >>> Outlook.pst as reported by Windows Explorer. >>> >>> Next I deleted over 100 Meg of files, emptied trash and manually >>> compacted again. Stll Windows Explorer says Outlook.pst is 1.069 GB >>> >>> Then I learn auto archiving had been turned off. Turn it on. The >>> size of Archive1.pst increases by ~400 Megs. Run manual compact. The >>> size of Personal Folders Outlook reports is decreased by the 400Meg, >>> but Windows does not see any change in Outlook.pst size. >>> >>> On the theory the size on the HDD might be full of holes, I even >>> copied Outlook.pst to a thumb drive -- still 1.069 GB >>> >>> OS is Vista Business w/ SP2. >>> >>> Any ideas? >>> - >>> Email will be: >>> 2Cybers at gmail-dot-com >>> >>> Gordon Potter >>> Atlanta, GA >>> USA >> |