I am archiving folders with the intent of having a backup I can copy to an
external disk, and to reduce the size of my Outlook.pst file. After
archiving 2 folders and then deleting them from my Outlook Folder list, I
noticed that there is NO change to the Outlook.pst file. Can someone please
tell me the correct way to do this or point me to an article that describes
how?

"Phil vK" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:0AD74CA8-8765-4142-9D49-(E-Mail Removed)...
> I am archiving folders with the intent of having a backup I can copy to an
> external disk, and to reduce the size of my Outlook.pst file. After
> archiving 2 folders and then deleting them from my Outlook Folder list, I
> noticed that there is NO change to the Outlook.pst file. Can someone
> please
> tell me the correct way to do this or point me to an article that
> describes
> how?

Did you compact the pst file?

Gordon - I was going to compact after I archive all my old folders. The big
question is, is it OK to delete the Archive Folders from the foler view if
the Archived PST file is on my hard drive?

"Gordon" wrote:

>
> "Phil vK" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:0AD74CA8-8765-4142-9D49-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I am archiving folders with the intent of having a backup I can copy to an
> > external disk, and to reduce the size of my Outlook.pst file. After
> > archiving 2 folders and then deleting them from my Outlook Folder list, I
> > noticed that there is NO change to the Outlook.pst file. Can someone
> > please
> > tell me the correct way to do this or point me to an article that
> > describes
> > how?
>
> Did you compact the pst file?
>
>

"Phil vK" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:E70BE555-3650-49CF-9F97-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Gordon - I was going to compact after I archive all my old folders. The
> big
> question is, is it OK to delete the Archive Folders from the foler view
> if
> the Archived PST file is on my hard drive?
>

Yes - as long as you choose "Close" not "delete"....

Oops - I've been deleting them! If you just "close" them, don't they stay in
the Outlook.pst file's memory therby letting that file get bigger and bigger
forever?

"Gordon" wrote:

>
> "Phil vK" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:E70BE555-3650-49CF-9F97-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Gordon - I was going to compact after I archive all my old folders. The
> > big
> > question is, is it OK to delete the Archive Folders from the foler view
> > if
> > the Archived PST file is on my hard drive?
> >
>
> Yes - as long as you choose "Close" not "delete"....
>
>

"Phil vK" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:79310CE5-48E0-44E4-A45B-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Oops - I've been deleting them! If you just "close" them, don't they stay
> in
> the Outlook.pst file's memory therby letting that file get bigger and
> bigger
> forever?
>

No because they are actually separate files.

"Phil vK" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:0AD74CA8-8765-4142-9D49-(E-Mail Removed)...

>I am archiving folders with the intent of having a backup I can copy to an
> external disk, and to reduce the size of my Outlook.pst file. After
> archiving 2 folders and then deleting them from my Outlook Folder list, I
> noticed that there is NO change to the Outlook.pst file. Can someone please
> tell me the correct way to do this or point me to an article that describes
> how?

If by "archiving" you mean using the archive function in Outlook, be aware
that you are not making a backup. A backup is an exact replica of an existing
PST. Archiving means you're removing some of the data in a PST and putting it
in another.
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

"Phil vK" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:E70BE555-3650-49CF-9F97-(E-Mail Removed)...

> Gordon - I was going to compact after I archive all my old folders. The big
> question is, is it OK to delete the Archive Folders from the foler view if
> the Archived PST file is on my hard drive?

What exactly are you deleting, the folders you just created in the extra PST,
the folders in the source PST from which you were copying things, or the PST
itself. How are you performing this deletion? I n Outlook or in Windows?
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

I followed the instructions for compacting files, however it only took a
second and the file size didn't change, about 1.86 GB at the moment. This is
Outlook 2002 by the way.

"Gordon" wrote:

>
> "Phil vK" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:0AD74CA8-8765-4142-9D49-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I am archiving folders with the intent of having a backup I can copy to an
> > external disk, and to reduce the size of my Outlook.pst file. After
> > archiving 2 folders and then deleting them from my Outlook Folder list, I
> > noticed that there is NO change to the Outlook.pst file. Can someone
> > please
> > tell me the correct way to do this or point me to an article that
> > describes
> > how?
>
> Did you compact the pst file?
>
>

"Phil vK" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:F1F22691-378D-4292-B9F4-(E-Mail Removed)...
> I followed the instructions for compacting files, however it only took a
> second and the file size didn't change, about 1.86 GB at the moment. This
> is
> Outlook 2002 by the way.
>
>

OK try this.
Manually create a new pst file (In Outlook do File-New Outlook Data File)
and move a couple of folders from your old pst into the new. Then compact
the old. Do you see a change in size then?