Outlook 2007 doesn't have a maximum PST size of 2 GB. It's much larger than
that, you can likely go 20 GB.
Create a new PST file and simply move the emails to the new PST.
Check this website for the following PST info:
http://www.howto-outlook.com/faq/aboutpst.htm
http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/backupandrestore.htm
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"Cedric" wrote:
> I have a problem with my Outlook 2007 on Windows XP and linked to ACT10.
>
> My problem came this morning when I reach the maximum size of my PST file. I
> tried to Archive my datas in Outlook for the 1st time (now I know I should
> have done that before). My PST file was 1.9Go and I had an Outlook.bak of
> 1Go, after a moment of running the archiving tool in Outlook, I noticed that
> my Archive.pst had reached over 5Go !!!!
> At that moment, I cancelled the Archiving and Outlook died.
>
> When I tried to empty my "Deleted Items", my outlook froze. Manually
> deleting files/folders from my "Deleted Items", I found out that I have a
> Inbox folder in my Deleted Items. And this is the folder that I am unable to
> remove.
>
> This "Inbox" folder has 233mails in it, a "Deleted Items" folder and another
> Inbox folder. This Sub-Inbox Folder has 233mails in it, a "Deleted Items"
> Folder and another Inbox folder ... AND SO ON !!! And this arborescence goes
> on forever !!!
>
> Since I could not delete it, I tried to cut and past it into a new PST that
> I could then just physically remove from my computer. But, it started going
> in circles and creating a huge PST files as it did first with the Archives.
>
> Does anyone have any idea of how I could get rid of this ? or how I could
> transfer all my PST datas (emails, notes, contacts, calendar etc) except my
> deleted Items, into a new PST ?
>
> Thank you very much in advance,
>
> Regards,
> Cedric
>
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