Reduce Size of PST File

[Guest]

Outlook 2003 SP2

My Outlook.pst file exceeds 2MB. I copied almost 1,000 emails to a folder
and deleted them from their folders in Outlook and from the Deleted Items
folder in Outlook. I thought the size of the pst file would be reduced but
it actually grew a little in size after I deleted the items.

I ran the Scanpst.exe but this only increased the size of the pst. Is there
a compact utility for pst files?

How can I reduce the size of my pst file?

If the size of the pst file cannot be reduced, then how can I start a new
pst file?

Thanks,
Wayne

 

[Gordon]

Outlook 2003 SP2

My Outlook.pst file exceeds 2MB. I copied almost 1,000 emails to a
folder and deleted them from their folders in Outlook and from the
Deleted Items folder in Outlook. I thought the size of the pst file
would be reduced but it actually grew a little in size after I
deleted the items.

I ran the Scanpst.exe but this only increased the size of the pst.
Is there a compact utility for pst files?

certainly is. Open the pst file in Outlook, right-click on "Personal
Folders", choose "Properties" and go to "Advanced" and click on "Compact
Now".....

HTH

 

[Guest]

Thanks Gordon but the 'Compact Now' function did not reduce the size of my
Outlook.pst file. I checked to make sure the Advanced panel was pointed to
my Outlook.pst file.

Thanks again.