Sounds like your pst-file is/was heavily corrupted. At this point I would
recommend to start with a new pst-file and copy the contents over to the
newly created pst-file.
For step-by-step instructions see;
http://www.msoutlook.info/question/329
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"Dickbreit" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:C74D983D-C898-4B05-92DF-(E-Mail Removed)...
> When my outlook locked up I took it to a local shop. WHen I got it back
> my
> inbox was not active and I had a "recovered" folder doing that function.
> After months of working on it I got my inbox working again but I cannot
> delete, or move files from the Recoved folder that are dated beyond the
> date
> of the work, over 1,000 messages. HELP!