PST File not going larger

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Shane C.

Hi,

I am currently having a problem with my PST file on a company computer.
The problem appears that the PST File is too large, asking to archive
things and the like, however the file is only 1.9GB. I am at a loss as
I don't often interact with outlook on a "problem solving" basis.

Any help you can offer would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,
Shane
 
Through some inspection I noticed that the file was being stored in
another directory, what I suspect is an older outlook's version of the
PST file. The only item using the Outlook 2003 pst file, it appears, is
one of the Archive folders.

So my question changes to this, is there any way I can copy the files
from the old, to the new?

Thanks!!
 
Shane C. said:
Through some inspection I noticed that the file was being stored in
another directory, what I suspect is an older outlook's version of the
PST file. The only item using the Outlook 2003 pst file, it appears,
is one of the Archive folders.

So my question changes to this, is there any way I can copy the files
from the old, to the new?
Click to expand...

There are a couple ways to handle it. One is to use File>New>Outlook Data
File to create a new PST and then copy the contents of the old PST to the
new one. Another is to use a free tool that will copy the data for you.
See http://www.maclean.com/upstart/index.html
 
I originially used the later method however the Command prompt just
kept closing, feeling quite inept I tried the second approach and
discovered that I had already created the data file, but I don't know
how to copy the contents from the old, to the new.

Any help anyone can offer on that front would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,
Shane
 
Shane C. said:
I originially used the later method however the Command prompt just
kept closing, feeling quite inept I tried the second approach and
discovered that I had already created the data file, but I don't know
how to copy the contents from the old, to the new.
Click to expand...

In my post, the first method was create a new PST and copy, while the second
method was using UpStart. Above you say "later method" and "second
approach", which to me both point to UpStart. I'm assuming by "second
method", though, you mean create-and-copy. I don't understand why you think
that's difficult.

Create a new PST with File>New>Outlook Data File. Select "Office Outlook
Personal Folders File (.pst)" and click OK. Browse to the folder you want
to contain it (or accept the default), give it a name (or accept the
default), and click Next. Give it a display name (or accept the default)
and click OK. You'll now have a Unicode PST in your folder list. Make this
PST your delivery location by clicking Tools>E-mail Accounts>Next and
selecting the display name from the "Deliver new e-mail to the following
location" drop-down at the lower left. Click Finish, then stop and restart
Outlook.

Now, for each NON-default folder, right-click and drag the folder to the new
PST's root (whatever you chose for the display name in the previous step -
it will now be the "Outlook Today" folder set). Do NOT drag them to a
folder in the new PST or you will make it a subfolder. Drag it to the root.
When you release the mouse button, choose either Copy or Move, as you wish.
Do this for all non-default folders.

For the default folders, open each one in turn and select all of its
contents with CTRL-A. (For the Calendar you will have to switch to a table
view like By Category first.) Right-click the selection and drag it to the
corresponding folder in the delivery location folder tree (i.e., drag the
old Calendar's contents to the new Calendar folder). Release the button and
choose Copy or Move, as you wish. Do this for all default folders.

Now, right-click the old PST and choose Close. This will remove it from the
folder list. If you chose Copy in the above moves, you can keep the old PST
around as a backup for a while. You can delete it from disk later after
you've stopped Outlook one more time.
 
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