2000 outlook.pst size did not change after large (50MB) emails del

[George]

Hi all,

I would like to decrease the size of my outlook.pst file so I can copy it
onto a CD as a backup. The CD has approximately 200 MB free space as the rest
is filled with data files.

OS: windows XP professional, outlook 2000 with sp-3

Within outlook, a right mouse click on icon “Outlook Today [ Personal
Folders]†and click on button “Folder size†shows 236181KB. From path “Local
Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook†outlook.pst is 244208KB.

Deleting approximately 50 MB of emails and emptying the “deleted itemsâ€
folder,
“Folder size†shows 160383KB, however the file outlook.pst is unchanged at
244208KB. No change after defragmentation and system reboot.


How can one decrease the size of outlook.pst ?

Thanks in advance for your advice,
George

 

[Adrian#]

Hi

In Outlook go to the properties of your Personal Folder. Click the Advanced
button and you will see a Compact Now button. When deleting data from a PST
it does not automatically reduce the size. You need to compact it after the
deletions.
Cheers.
Adrian #

 

[George]

Hi Adrian#

It worked, after "compact", outlook.pst dropped to 171257 KB.

Thanks!

Hi

In Outlook go to the properties of your Personal Folder. Click the Advanced
button and you will see a Compact Now button. When deleting data from a PST
it does not automatically reduce the size. You need to compact it after the
deletions.
Cheers.
Adrian #

Hi all,

I would like to decrease the size of my outlook.pst file so I can copy it
onto a CD as a backup. The CD has approximately 200 MB free space as the
rest
is filled with data files.

OS: windows XP professional, outlook 2000 with sp-3

Within outlook, a right mouse click on icon "Outlook Today [ Personal
Folders]" and click on button "Folder size" shows 236181KB. From path
"Local
Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook" outlook.pst is 244208KB.

Deleting approximately 50 MB of emails and emptying the "deleted items"
folder,
"Folder size" shows 160383KB, however the file outlook.pst is unchanged at
244208KB. No change after defragmentation and system reboot.


How can one decrease the size of outlook.pst ?

Thanks in advance for your advice,
George