I've noticed that Outlook (all versions, but 2007 in this case) does
compacting of the PST file in the background as needed. Unfortunately,
this can sometimes make a big impact on system performance. I would
prefer to configure Outlook to =not= do this, instead let me do it on
demand. Is there any way to disable the background compacting?

Thanks in advance.

-- //Steve//
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Steve Silverwood, KB6OJS
Wildomar, CA
Email: (E-Mail Removed)
Web: http://www.silverwood.us

AFAIK; you can't. Note that it will only do this in the background when
there is no CPU or disk activity going on so you're not affected by it.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

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"Steve Silverwood" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> I've noticed that Outlook (all versions, but 2007 in this case) does
> compacting of the PST file in the background as needed. Unfortunately,
> this can sometimes make a big impact on system performance. I would
> prefer to configure Outlook to =not= do this, instead let me do it on
> demand. Is there any way to disable the background compacting?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> -- //Steve//
>
> Steve Silverwood, KB6OJS
> Wildomar, CA
> Email: (E-Mail Removed)
> Web: http://www.silverwood.us

Thanks. That's true, it waits until there is a lull in activity, but
it won't STOP the compacting process -- or at least it doesn't seem to
-- once activity resumes. If it cranks up on the compacting process
when I go away for a little while, it won't suspend the compacting
process when I come back and try to resume work. Getting a little
frustrating.

On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 03:15:15 +0100, "Roady [MVP]"
<newsgroups_DELETE_@_DELETE_sparnaaij_NO_._SPAM_net> wrote:

>AFAIK; you can't. Note that it will only do this in the background when
>there is no CPU or disk activity going on so you're not affected by it.

There must be a lot of white space in your pst-file then. Compact it
manually and repeat that 3 times. Unless you delete a lot of stuff the next
compacting sequences will be done in less than a minute.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

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"Steve Silverwood" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thanks. That's true, it waits until there is a lull in activity, but
> it won't STOP the compacting process -- or at least it doesn't seem to
> -- once activity resumes. If it cranks up on the compacting process
> when I go away for a little while, it won't suspend the compacting
> process when I come back and try to resume work. Getting a little
> frustrating.
>
> On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 03:15:15 +0100, "Roady [MVP]"
> <newsgroups_DELETE_@_DELETE_sparnaaij_NO_._SPAM_net> wrote:
>
>>AFAIK; you can't. Note that it will only do this in the background when
>>there is no CPU or disk activity going on so you're not affected by it.