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I know there must be an eventual solution with Windows Xp Office 2000
- Outlook.
The Pst file exceeded 2GB. Outlook hungI deleted files to bring it
under 2GB. A few days later it grew over 2GB. Outlook hung. This time
I was unable to delete the files. Whatever I did Outlook 2000 hung. I
ran scanpst.exe. That failed. So I ran Microsoft’s crop tool. I
trimmed PST down to 1.9GB. I ran the scanpst. Scanpost successful. I
opened Outlook. Whatever I did within Outlook, Outlook would hang. I
researched google.
An article indicated before repairing Office 2000 to rename all
to .old (Mapi32.dll, Mapivm32.dll, Extend.dat, and Outcmd.dat. I
rebooted, went into Add/Remove and let Office run the repair. That was
successful.
I opened Outlook. The only effect was being able to open task manager
with application Outlook ‘not responding’
If I open Outlook I can see all the crucial folders, the contacts, all
my work for the last 12 months sitting there unavailable. I am the
accountant here and I need to get my work restored to a normal state.
I need help. I do have a couple backups.
I went to this new computer freshly installed with Windows 2000. I
installed Office 2000 on this Windows 2000 computer. I imported my
older, smaller (1.6 GB) Pst file. That failed ! No contacts, and none
of the usual folders that I used to have. Only a fully populated inbox
was restored. I again imported this Pst file. Using the import tool
when I browsed to the Pst file I could see ( all subfolders) and when
the import finished –again only an inbox.
I have my original workday Xp computer with Outlook 2000 – and Outlook
2000 is compromised. I have this new computer (test computer) with
Windows 2000 Outlook 2000 and that too is compromised.
I don’t know what to do. I have the current Pst (the one I trimmed
with the Microsoft tool) . I have the Pst file before the Microsoft
trim. I have the Pst file before I did anything to the Pst. I have a 3
month old Pst. I have all Pst files saved on the working computer, on
a usb hard drive. Thus I have plenty of my work saved, however, I am
unable to work in Outlook with any of these Pst (once I do an import).
Outlook hangs.
I even removed from the \user\application\microsoft\outlook the
current Pst file . . . emptied the directory – and copied in another
Pst File. And that process also failed to allow me to have a normal
Outlook 2000 session.
What can I do? All my clients, those communications, all my crucial
work is stored in those Pst files? I sure do miss that Outlook Express
files with the folders marked as .dbx. With the Pst file the situation
becomes so precarious. Let me know how to fix this. If I knew there
was a third party tool that actually worked I would be willing to
invest.
I shouldn’t have to be experimenting with Outlook to get it to work.
It worked fine for the last two years. And suddenly I am completely
stuck with a non responsive Outlook.
Thanks for indulging this long note. And I hope to read here a
solution.
Thanks
John Marshall
- Outlook.
The Pst file exceeded 2GB. Outlook hungI deleted files to bring it
under 2GB. A few days later it grew over 2GB. Outlook hung. This time
I was unable to delete the files. Whatever I did Outlook 2000 hung. I
ran scanpst.exe. That failed. So I ran Microsoft’s crop tool. I
trimmed PST down to 1.9GB. I ran the scanpst. Scanpost successful. I
opened Outlook. Whatever I did within Outlook, Outlook would hang. I
researched google.
An article indicated before repairing Office 2000 to rename all
to .old (Mapi32.dll, Mapivm32.dll, Extend.dat, and Outcmd.dat. I
rebooted, went into Add/Remove and let Office run the repair. That was
successful.
I opened Outlook. The only effect was being able to open task manager
with application Outlook ‘not responding’
If I open Outlook I can see all the crucial folders, the contacts, all
my work for the last 12 months sitting there unavailable. I am the
accountant here and I need to get my work restored to a normal state.
I need help. I do have a couple backups.
I went to this new computer freshly installed with Windows 2000. I
installed Office 2000 on this Windows 2000 computer. I imported my
older, smaller (1.6 GB) Pst file. That failed ! No contacts, and none
of the usual folders that I used to have. Only a fully populated inbox
was restored. I again imported this Pst file. Using the import tool
when I browsed to the Pst file I could see ( all subfolders) and when
the import finished –again only an inbox.
I have my original workday Xp computer with Outlook 2000 – and Outlook
2000 is compromised. I have this new computer (test computer) with
Windows 2000 Outlook 2000 and that too is compromised.
I don’t know what to do. I have the current Pst (the one I trimmed
with the Microsoft tool) . I have the Pst file before the Microsoft
trim. I have the Pst file before I did anything to the Pst. I have a 3
month old Pst. I have all Pst files saved on the working computer, on
a usb hard drive. Thus I have plenty of my work saved, however, I am
unable to work in Outlook with any of these Pst (once I do an import).
Outlook hangs.
I even removed from the \user\application\microsoft\outlook the
current Pst file . . . emptied the directory – and copied in another
Pst File. And that process also failed to allow me to have a normal
Outlook 2000 session.
What can I do? All my clients, those communications, all my crucial
work is stored in those Pst files? I sure do miss that Outlook Express
files with the folders marked as .dbx. With the Pst file the situation
becomes so precarious. Let me know how to fix this. If I knew there
was a third party tool that actually worked I would be willing to
invest.
I shouldn’t have to be experimenting with Outlook to get it to work.
It worked fine for the last two years. And suddenly I am completely
stuck with a non responsive Outlook.
Thanks for indulging this long note. And I hope to read here a
solution.
Thanks
John Marshall