Outlook 2003 archive does not work

[Guest]

Hi, I use manual archive function. Selected the folders and subfolders to
archive.
I selected older than " DATE" to archive and Press OK.

But the archive file size only havs 265k. I extracted it. It contains the
folders, no message inside.

Anybody help me?
Thanks

Jacky

 

[CreateWindow]

Hi Jacky,

You should run the scanpst repair program over your main PST file to make
sure its not damaged.

See this article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/287497/

(For Outlook 2007 the scanpst.exe program is in the same place as
Outlook.exe)

CreateWindow
http://mymessagetaker.com
Stop using those paper phone message pads
make the computer work for you.

 

[Guest]

Thank you.

Hi Jacky,

You should run the scanpst repair program over your main PST file to make
sure its not damaged.

See this article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/287497/

(For Outlook 2007 the scanpst.exe program is in the same place as
Outlook.exe)

CreateWindow
http://mymessagetaker.com
Stop using those paper phone message pads
make the computer work for you.

 

[Brian Tillman]

Hi, I use manual archive function. Selected the folders and
subfolders to archive.
I selected older than " DATE" to archive and Press OK.

But the archive file size only havs 265k. I extracted it. It contains
the folders, no message inside.

AutoArchive does not work on the Receved date. It works on the (usually
undisplayed) Modified date. Clearly your messages' Modified dates are more
recent that your archive criteria.

 

[Guest]

Yes, I used modfied date to archive, not auto archive.
But it just contained the folder in archive file, no messages.

 

[Brian Tillman]

Yes, I used modfied date to archive, not auto archive.
But it just contained the folder in archive file, no messages.

Then I suspect, as I said, that the Modified dates were too new.

 

[scott]

Hi, I use manual archive function. Selected the folders and subfolders to
archive.
I selected older than " DATE" to archive and Press OK.

But the archive file size only havs 265k. I extracted it. It contains the
folders, no message inside.

Anybody help me?
Thanks

Jacky

I am having the exact same problem. No matter what I do, I only get
folders and no data. A little help is appreciated.

Thanks.
Scott

 

[Brian Tillman]

I am having the exact same problem. No matter what I do, I only get
folders and no data. A little help is appreciated.

Make sure the modified (not the received) date is older than the archive
date.

 

[Guest]

BRIAN is correct - I had dragged the emails I wanted to archive from one
folder to a new one and I couldn't archive. Outlook changes the modified
date if you relocate an email like this, so change your archive date to
tomorrow, it will ask you if you want to do that, hit yes, and it will
archive properly. Thanks Brian!

 

[Brian Tillman]

BRIAN is correct - I had dragged the emails I wanted to archive from
one folder to a new one and I couldn't archive. Outlook changes the
modified date if you relocate an email like this, so change your
archive date to tomorrow, it will ask you if you want to do that, hit
yes, and it will archive properly. Thanks Brian!

You're welcome.

 

[JK]

If you are still having this problem then you could try Outlook True Archive
- it allows you to archive based on the received/sent/modified date.

http://www.smsware.com/ota/

disclaimer: I am associated with this utility....