Archiving doesn't reduce PST file size

J

JohnF

(Under W98SE, running O2K SR-1 with SP3 applied.)

I really want to reduce the size of my PST file.

In Outlook, I created a new personal folders file and named it "My Archive".

From my main personal folders file, I then selected certain folders and
messages - altogether, 57 MB - which I want to archive. I moved these into
the "My Archive" folders file.

In Outlook, looking at properties, I see these results after archiving:

Main PST file: Total size (Fld + SubFld): 150489K
"My Archive" file: Total size (Fld + SubFld): 56397K

In Windows explorer, I see these results:

Main PST file, before archiving: 284 MB
Main PST file, after archiving: 282 MB
"My Archive" PST file, after archiving: 58 MB.


I move nearly 57 MB out of my main folders file, and the file size dropped
by only 2 MB !!!!!

Why?

John
 
T

Travis Rabe

You then need to do a compact on each PST to see the size difference
compelted.

Right click on the top of each pst root and click properties, click
advnaced, then click compact.

Travis
 

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