PST File Hits Max Size - Can I "Unfreeze" Objects in File?

[Confused_in_Houston]

Well... I fooled around and did it. I packed my PST so full that it's 100%
locked up on me. I can't delete, copy, move, or perform any other functions
from within Outlook (other than open and closing a file) on any received or
sent emails.

I would like to find a way to regain access to the Personal Folder with the
ability to clean it up and the abiltiy to parse the data into smaller PST's.

Using Windows XP on a Dell D810 laptop. I can't find the PST file to see
what size it is. All I know for sure is that it locked up at the limit for
Windows NT - not the newer, higher limit for updated M/S software.

Any help would be appreciated.

 

[DL]

Presumably you are using a version of Outlook that pre-dates Outlook 2003?
There is no file size limit for WinNt, there is a pst size limit, depending
on your version of Outlook

Search to include hidden for *.pst, what is the size of the largest file,
possibly outlook.pst?
With outlook closed, search for and run scanpst.exe against the outlook data
file, does it run & fix err's?