Outlook 2000 will no longer load

[WDTAHTM]

I have successfully used Outlook 2000 for many years and suddenly it will not
load. When no other applications are running I get a "Virtual Memory Minimum
Too Low. Windows is increasing the size of your virtual memory" message.

When this first started happening, Outlook would load but it took 3 or 4
minutes to do so. For the last 5 days it will not load at all, yet, I can
have open IE, Excel, Word, etc.

I have 496MB of memory and 57MB of disk space available.

I don't believe I've archived any of my messages since installing Outlook if
this is helpful.

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to solve this problem.

 

[Vince Averello [MVP - Outlook]]

Have you tried increasing the amount of virtual memory manually before
starting Outlook?

 

[K. Orland]

In addition to increasig your virtual memory, how big is your Outlook PST
file? The maximum size is 2 GB though it can become a challenge after about
1.6 GB or so.

 

[WDTAHTM]

Thanks. I increased my page file size from 1,488 to 2,000 and I was able to
get Outlook to start. It took 3-4 minutes to load so I may have some other
issues but at least I'm functional again.

Thank you again.

 

[WDTAHTM]

I was able to get Outlook to load by increasing the page file from 1,488 to
2,000. I checked my pst file size and I'm only around 400MB so that doesn't
seem to be an issue.

Thanks again for your response.

What a great resource this community is.

 

[Vince Averello [MVP - Outlook]]

Why don't you let the machine manage the size automatically.