Missing Policies and PST reg keys: Outlook 2007 File Size issue

[purpleplume]

Just installed Office 2007 Professional atop Office 2000/Outlook 2002
install. PST WarnFileSize message displays when attempting to update
contacts info in Outlook 2007.

Went into regedit to modify values for MaxFileSize + WarnFileSize +
MaxFileSize + WarnLargeFileSize. I am missing the two reg keys. I
have:
HKEY_CURRRNT_USER>Software>Microsoft>Office>12.0>Outlook.

I am missing Policies (should follow Software) and
PST (should follow Outlook)

Please advise on proper procedure for adding these missing keys.

Many thanks.

 

[Brian Tillman]

Just installed Office 2007 Professional atop Office 2000/Outlook 2002
install. PST WarnFileSize message displays when attempting to update
contacts info in Outlook 2007.

Went into regedit to modify values for MaxFileSize + WarnFileSize +
MaxFileSize + WarnLargeFileSize. I am missing the two reg keys. I
have:
HKEY_CURRRNT_USER>Software>Microsoft>Office>12.0>Outlook.

It won't do you any good. You're using an old format PST which cannot grow.
You need to move your data to a Unicode OST created within Outlook 2007.

 

[purpleplume]

It won't do you any good. You're using an old format PST which cannot grow.
You need to move your data to a Unicode OST created within Outlook 2007.

Brian,

Thanks for your reply.

Could you direct me to additional resources? I am not an IT person,
just a decent user. Right now I am worried that my Outlook will crash
any minute and I will lose all my stuff. This is my top mission-
critical priority. I have upward of 1000 contacts and 1500 messages
in my inbox now---many thousands in my file tree. I am on a RAID back-
up, but if my Outlook file corrupts I will just have a mirrored
corrupt copy!

Should I reverse the 2007 install?


What should I do first?

 

[Brian Tillman]

Could you direct me to additional resources? I am not an IT person,
just a decent user. Right now I am worried that my Outlook will crash
any minute and I will lose all my stuff. This is my top mission-
critical priority. I have upward of 1000 contacts and 1500 messages
in my inbox now---many thousands in my file tree. I am on a RAID back-
up, but if my Outlook file corrupts I will just have a mirrored
corrupt copy!

Should I reverse the 2007 install?


What should I do first?

You should create a new Unicode PST (File>New>Outlook Data File), make it
your delivery location (Tools>Account Settings, Data Files tab, select the
new PST, click Set As Default), then stop and restart Outlook. You will
have a new set of (empty) default folders and another folder set that is
your old folders.

Open each old folder and select all the entries in it by pressing CTRL-A.
For the Calendar folder, you'll have to choose a table view first, though,
like By Category, before CTRL-A will work. Then click Edit>Copy to Folder
and specify the corresponding (i.e., same name) new default folder as the
destination. If you have any folders you created yourself, you can copy the
entire folder. WHen all the copying is done, close the old folder set by
right-clicking its root and choosing Close.