Deleting individual mail items from Outlook 2007 archive

[beemer]

Why is it taking 10 seconds to delete each mail from my Outlook 2007 archive
folder? I may have over 500 to delete but need to examine each one before
deleting. Even after it is displayed in the preview window it takes 10
seconds to delete before I can go on to the next one. These do not have
any attachments.

regards,

Beemer

 

[Diane Poremsky {MVP}]

is the archive stored on your hard drive? How large is the archive?

 

[beemer]

Diane,

archive is 164,169kB and is regularly compacted

regards,

Beemer

 

[Diane Poremsky {MVP}]

size is ok, it's stored locally, correct? are you using shift+delete or just
moving them to the deleted folder?

 

[beemer]

Diane,

Stored locally. I am suspecting that Windows Desktop Search may be the
contributing to the delay. Interesting though as when I tried Shift Delete
it was much faster. Does using Shift delete eliminate the recycle bin?

regards,

Beemer

 

[Diane Poremsky {MVP}]

yes, shift+del skips the deleted items folder. Is the deleted folder empty?
if it has a large # of items that could cause it to be slow.

 

[beemer]

Diane,

It is empty and set to empty when outlook closes

regards,

Beemer