excessively large program file size (4,094.00 MB)

[cindy333]

Hello there.

I have a tablet PC that is currently running Microsoft Office OneNote
2003. When I was uninstalling a program earlier today, I noticed that
my OneNote size is extremely large - 4,094.00 MB to be exact! I
reinstalled the program, thinking there was a problem with the initial
installation. However, even after reinstallation the file is the same
size. Is anyone else coming across problem? Is there a way to compress
the file? What is the average program file size for OneNote 2003?

Thanks,
Cindy

 

[Andrew Watt [MVP - InfoPath]]

Cindy,

Which file are you referring to?

Andrew Watt
MVP - InfoPath

 

[Erik Sojka (MVP)]

Do you mean the ONENOTE.EXE file on the hard drive, or the amount of
memory used as reported via Task Manager? Possibly the estimated program
size in the Add/Remove Programs list?

 

[James Gockel]

I'm assuming the estimated size in add/remove programs.
-James

 

[cindy333]

Yes, I was looking at the estimated size in the add/remove programs.
Could it be the estimation is off, or is the OneNote program really
that large of a file? Thanks.

 

[James Gockel]

My guess it includes what is in your "notebook". So if you've got a bunch of
sound or video recordings using onenote, that may be taking up the space.
But I could be wrong.

-James

 

[Erik Sojka (MVP)]

That is an estimate (and a bad one, at that). Notice also how the last
used and usage frequency are probably very wrong as well

If OneNote is working fine I wouldn't worry about what Add/Remove
Programs says.

If you're still curious, you can check the actual size of the
installation by right-clicking on the "Microsoft Office" folder in
Explorer (full path is C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office).

My installation folder (full Office2003, including Publisher and
InfoPath) is about 578MB.

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