Outlook 2003 PST "default" file size?

[Terry R.]

I had a user this week on a new laptop state they were unable to delete
any messages from their PST folder, when they were able to on their
prior workstation. The PST file was about 6 gig.

I looked in the registry and there wasn't any size limits set. I added
the key and two values from:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/832925

MaxLargeFileSize
WarnLargeFileSize

which allowed the user to delete messages within the PST file.

If no setting exists, is there a "default" size set that would have
prevented the user from deleting files? They kept getting the error
dialog at the bottom of the link above.

Thanks,

Terry R.

 

[Roady [MVP]]

20GB is the default limit for Unicode pst-files.
Which location did you look at and which one did you set?
The policy key or the user preference key?

 

[Terry R.]

The date and time was Sunday, March 29, 2009 1:21:05 PM, and on a whim,
Roady [MVP] pounded out on the keyboard:

20GB is the default limit for Unicode pst-files.
Which location did you look at and which one did you set?
The policy key or the user preference key?

The one in the referenced link.


Terry R.

 

[Roady [MVP]]

The one in the referenced link.
Look again; there were 2 ;-)

 

[Terry R.]

Look again; there were 2 ;-)

The user pref:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Outlook\PST

Terry R.