Consolidate multiple archive.pst files..

[Capricorn]

Dear Friends,
I want to have only 1 archive.pst file but I have multiple archive.pst files
in my disk. Is it possible to consolidate them?
My Outlook version: Outlook 2003 Std.

Thanks a lot..

Capri

 

[Brian Tillman]

Dear Friends,
I want to have only 1 archive.pst file but I have multiple
archive.pst files in my disk. Is it possible to consolidate them?
My Outlook version: Outlook 2003 Std.

Sure. Open two of them with File>Open>Outlook Data File, open each older in
one, select all of the contents with CTRL-A and used Edit>Copy to Folder to
copy the selection to the other PST's corresponding folder. Continue that
way until all the folder contents are copied. FInally, close the PSTs with
right-click>Close on their roots.

 

[Benjamin Gay [MSFT]]

Dear Friends,

Sure. Open two of them with File>Open>Outlook Data File, open each older
in one, select all of the contents with CTRL-A and used Edit>Copy to
Folder to copy the selection to the other PST's corresponding folder.
Continue that way until all the folder contents are copied. FInally,
close the PSTs with right-click>Close on their roots.

Great suggestion! Another way you could do this is create a rule that moves
all items to the new location. Run the rule on each pst.

 

[Brian Tillman]

Great suggestion! Another way you could do this is create a rule that
moves all items to the new location. Run the rule on each pst.

That, too, is a great idea and, frankly, had not thought of it before.
While it will work only for mail folders, it can certainly make handling
those folders easier.

 

[Benjamin Gay [MSFT]]

Great catch on the mail items!

That, too, is a great idea and, frankly, had not thought of it before.
While it will work only for mail folders, it can certainly make handling
those folders easier.