Outlook not Archiving correctly

[Shaun]

Having some strange archiving problems from Outlook 2003, user has about 1.5
gigs in inbox and subfolders, wanted to archive files by using the "archive
files older than..." , but when I create an archive, it creates a pst files
that is 265 KB in size, and when I click on the Archive Folders>Inbox, it is
empty. Any thoughts on what is going wrong here?

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Outlook archives based on the modified date. If you display your folder and
customize the view to include hte modified date, does the archiving now make
sense?

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After furious head scratching, Shaun asked:

| Having some strange archiving problems from Outlook 2003, user has
| about 1.5 gigs in inbox and subfolders, wanted to archive files by
| using the "archive files older than..." , but when I create an
| archive, it creates a pst files that is 265 KB in size, and when I
| click on the Archive Folders>Inbox, it is empty. Any thoughts on what
| is going wrong here?

 

[Shaun]

Milly
Thank you, that was the problem, for some reason all the earlier e-mails
were at one date later than I was trying to archive at.
Part of the same problem is that now I have a number of Archive Folders that
are empty and I can't get rid of them, they don't show up in the File > Data
File Management view, and when I right click and try to close I get the
message "The operation failed, an object could not be found". Any thougt on
how to clean up these extra folders?

 

[Brian Tillman]

Part of the same problem is that now I have a number of Archive
Folders that are empty and I can't get rid of them, they don't show
up in the File > Data File Management view, and when I right click
and try to close I get the message "The operation failed, an object
could not be found". Any thougt on how to clean up these extra
folders?

Sounds like you've corrupted you mail profile. Time for a new one.
http://www.howto-outlook.com/faq/newprofile.htm