I think I must be missing something. Did you recommend a process to manually
compact the PST, or are you saying, allow it to happen by itself?
I'm saying that you should allow it to happen by itself.
You said that Outlook IS being compacted by itself.
1. Where is this happening?
In the background when Outlook isn't otherwise busy and the white space in the
PST exceeds the percentage needed to trigger the compaction.
2. How can I see the compact results?
Periodically (every couple of weeks to a month or so) check the size of the
PST. It should descrease on occasion.
3. I want to do this myself, Is there a way?
You already know how.
This should not have anything to do with how much drive space costs; this
has to do with how I like to manage my file system.
No it has to do with allowing the computer to do what it does best and you
doing what you do best instead of trying to second guess Outlook's algorithms.
You're deluding yourself if you think constant manual compaction is efficient
or beneficial.
I don't understand your attitude. Shouldn't we be trying to figure out why
this is not working, and not arguing about whether you agree with me about
the process?
Do you micromanage everything in your life? That has a name:
"obsessive-compulsive disorder".
The manual process worked up until two weeks ago and nothing has been
changed on my system, unless MS updates have caused this problem.
You still haven't offered proof that it's no longer working. Compaction won't
occur, even if you run the process manually, if the white space is below a
specific trigger limit. Try this experiment: create a new PST and move half
of all the items in your original PST to the new PST. Now try manually
compacting the old PST. Does it shrink?