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Bo Berglund
I have worked many years with MS Outlook in various versions starting
with Outlook98. My Personal Folders file is now almost 2 Gb in size so
I decided to restructure it by creating a new OL2003 type personal
folders fileand move a large number of emails into this new archive
file.
After doing this it has reached a size of 900+ Mb, but the mailbox.pst
file has not reduced its size in any noticeable way, maybe 1% or so.
So I opened the data file management menu item and selected the old
pst file and chose Compact. It starts a dialogue that says
"Compacting" with a Cancel button but no other feedback that something
is actually happening. I have been waiting for about 10 minutes but
the file size as viewed by Windows Explorer is not changing, it is
still at 1845 Mb.
What should I expect concerning:
1) The amount of compaction attainable
2) The time it will take to compact out the space left by the 900 Mb
worth of emails
Grateful for any insight to this!
/Bo
with Outlook98. My Personal Folders file is now almost 2 Gb in size so
I decided to restructure it by creating a new OL2003 type personal
folders fileand move a large number of emails into this new archive
file.
After doing this it has reached a size of 900+ Mb, but the mailbox.pst
file has not reduced its size in any noticeable way, maybe 1% or so.
So I opened the data file management menu item and selected the old
pst file and chose Compact. It starts a dialogue that says
"Compacting" with a Cancel button but no other feedback that something
is actually happening. I have been waiting for about 10 minutes but
the file size as viewed by Windows Explorer is not changing, it is
still at 1845 Mb.
What should I expect concerning:
1) The amount of compaction attainable
2) The time it will take to compact out the space left by the 900 Mb
worth of emails
Grateful for any insight to this!
/Bo