How to disable automatic PST compacting in OL2007?

[Steve Silverwood]

I've noticed that Outlook (all versions, but 2007 in this case) does
compacting of the PST file in the background as needed. Unfortunately,
this can sometimes make a big impact on system performance. I would
prefer to configure Outlook to =not= do this, instead let me do it on
demand. Is there any way to disable the background compacting?

Thanks in advance.

-- //Steve//
 
Steve Silverwood, KB6OJS
Wildomar, CA
Email: (e-mail address removed)
Web: http://www.silverwood.us

 

[Roady [MVP]]

AFAIK; you can't. Note that it will only do this in the background when
there is no CPU or disk activity going on so you're not affected by it.

 

[Steve Silverwood]

Thanks. That's true, it waits until there is a lull in activity, but
it won't STOP the compacting process -- or at least it doesn't seem to
-- once activity resumes. If it cranks up on the compacting process
when I go away for a little while, it won't suspend the compacting
process when I come back and try to resume work. Getting a little
frustrating.

 

[Roady [MVP]]

There must be a lot of white space in your pst-file then. Compact it
manually and repeat that 3 times. Unless you delete a lot of stuff the next
compacting sequences will be done in less than a minute.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003


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