Archiving to reduce PST file size

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Guest

My Outlook 2007 is running terribly slow on my Vista. I suspect it may be due
to my PST file which is almost 5GB.

Ive been archiving my old emails hoping that it would improve the
efficiency. However, I realised that my outlook.pst remains the same size.
Since I no longer have the emails in the data file, shouldnt the size be
reduced accordingly?

Are there any other ways to speed things up?

Please advise.
 
R

Roady [MVP]

In general it would return space over time during automated compression
during idle time. To force it right click the root of your folder set->
Properties-> Advanced-> Compact Now

This could take a while depending on how much you have removed from the
pst-file.
 

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