"Out of Memory or system resources"

[Glenn Lippman]

I have Outlook 2002. After downloading email messages
and whenever I try to delete messages, I get an error
message, "Out of memory or system resources. Close some
windows or programs and try again."

Hence, not able to delete messages.

When I close all programs, no change, same message. The
only known fix is to shut down computer and restart after
receiving new messages. This is not a workable fix.

Any suggestions on how to fix this problem would be
helpful.

Thank you,

Glenn

 

[Guest]

Glen,

I would first check to see if your hard-drive is out of space. Open MyComputer - Click on your local hard-drive (C Should show you the capacity, used and free space. You want at least 300mb free.

If you are having your mail delivered to an Exchange Mailbox - you would want to make sure you are not over your quota. This is determined by the Administer of the server. The message typically is that your - Mailbox is full. However, it may generate this type of message if you is to the point the mails is not able to send/receive.

Finally, if you mail is delivered to a personal folder that is located a server. I would confirm that you are not out of space.

Please let me know if you still need assistance.

Francine

President,
San Diego, Outlook User Group.

----- Glenn Lippman wrote: -----

I have Outlook 2002. After downloading email messages
and whenever I try to delete messages, I get an error
message, "Out of memory or system resources. Close some
windows or programs and try again."

Hence, not able to delete messages.

When I close all programs, no change, same message. The
only known fix is to shut down computer and restart after
receiving new messages. This is not a workable fix.

Any suggestions on how to fix this problem would be
helpful.

Thank you,

Glenn

 

[Glenn Lippman]

Francine, thank you for your quick reply. I checked each
of your suggestions and here are the replies:

1. C-drive has 42 GB memory space available
2. No exchange mailbox is used
3. Mail delivered to Inbox.

It is the mail located in the Inbox that I am unable to
delete.

Any other suggestions?

Glenn

-----Original Message-----
Glen,

I would first check to see if your hard-drive is out of

space. Open MyComputer - Click on your local hard-drive
(C Should show you the capacity, used and free space.
You want at least 300mb free.

If you are having your mail delivered to an Exchange

Mailbox - you would want to make sure you are not over
your quota. This is determined by the Administer of the
server. The message typically is that your - Mailbox is
full. However, it may generate this type of message if
you is to the point the mails is not able to send/receive.

Finally, if you mail is delivered to a personal folder

that is located a server. I would confirm that you are
not out of space.

 

[Guest]

Glen

If you do not have an Exchange this means your email is being delivered to a personal folder. May want to run scan on your personal folder to rule out any possible issues with it

First determine where your personal folder is by doing a search on *.pst. Make a note of the path as we will use it later

Now do a search for the scan tool scanpst.exe. Once this comes up open it. Now browse to the pst file and run a scan on it

Once this is done - we will go to the next step - unless this resolves it of course

Also, suggest running a detect and repair on Outlook.

Finally have you made any changes (updates) to your system since this started

Respectfull

Francine Otterso
President, San Diego Outlook User Grou

----- Glenn Lippman wrote: ----

Francine, thank you for your quick reply. I checked each
of your suggestions and here are the replies

1. C-drive has 42 GB memory space availabl
2. No exchange mailbox is use
3. Mail delivered to Inbox.

It is the mail located in the Inbox that I am unable to
delete

Any other suggestions

Glen

-----Original Message----
Glen

space. Open MyComputer - Click on your local hard-drive
(C Should show you the capacity, used and free space.
You want at least 300mb freeMailbox - you would want to make sure you are not over
your quota. This is determined by the Administer of the
server. The message typically is that your - Mailbox is
full. However, it may generate this type of message if
you is to the point the mails is not able to send/receivethat is located a server. I would confirm that you are
not out of space

 

[Glenn Lippman]

Francine,

Good morning.

Completed search for Personal Folder. Found it on G:
drive; located at G:\ (Office Data File type)

Found, opened and used scanpst.exe to scan Personal
Folder on G: drive and results were:

"No errors found in this file. Folders found 4; Items
found 0"

How do I run a "detect and repair on Outlook"?

Glenn

-----Original Message-----

Glen,

If you do not have an Exchange this means your email is

being delivered to a personal folder. May want to run
scan on your personal folder to rule out any possible
issues with it.

First determine where your personal folder is by doing a

search on *.pst. Make a note of the path as we will use
it later.

Now do a search for the scan tool scanpst.exe. Once

this comes up open it. Now browse to the pst file and
run a scan on it.

 

[Luke]

AFAIK, you can't.

You could COMPACT the Personal Folders file (.pst) to
clear out old deleted items and free up room in it.

Otherwise, you have to call Microsoft for a file called
2gbpst.exe that allows you to remove a certain amount of
megabytes from the .PST file to make it smaller. From
your post, I'm not sure this is the problem your having,
though.

Good Luck.