From: Gordon on
Outlook.PST was growing 1.069 GB - Tried manual compaction -
(Highlight Personal Folders, Right Click; Properties; Advanced;
Compact Now). Lots of disk activity, but no change in the size of
Outlook.pst as reported by Windows Explorer.

Next I deleted over 100 Meg of files, emptied trash and manually
compacted again. Stll Windows Explorer says Outlook.pst is 1.069 GB

Then I learn auto archiving had been turned off. Turn it on. The
size of Archive1.pst increases by ~400 Megs. Run manual compact. The
size of Personal Folders Outlook reports is decreased by the 400Meg,
but Windows does not see any change in Outlook.pst size.

On the theory the size on the HDD might be full of holes, I even
copied Outlook.pst to a thumb drive -- still 1.069 GB

OS is Vista Business w/ SP2.

Any ideas?
-
Email will be:
2Cybers at gmail-dot-com

Gordon Potter
Atlanta, GA
USA
From: Russ Valentine on
Check the file size in Outlook, not Windows Explorer.
--
Russ Valentine
"Gordon Potter" wrote in message
news:jtu7p5lhqs0brhgdildh4ga0gkct3qcelj(a)4ax.com...
> Outlook.PST was growing 1.069 GB - Tried manual compaction -
> (Highlight Personal Folders, Right Click; Properties; Advanced;
> Compact Now). Lots of disk activity, but no change in the size of
> Outlook.pst as reported by Windows Explorer.
>
> Next I deleted over 100 Meg of files, emptied trash and manually
> compacted again. Stll Windows Explorer says Outlook.pst is 1.069 GB
>
> Then I learn auto archiving had been turned off. Turn it on. The
> size of Archive1.pst increases by ~400 Megs. Run manual compact. The
> size of Personal Folders Outlook reports is decreased by the 400Meg,
> but Windows does not see any change in Outlook.pst size.
>
> On the theory the size on the HDD might be full of holes, I even
> copied Outlook.pst to a thumb drive -- still 1.069 GB
>
> OS is Vista Business w/ SP2.
>
> Any ideas?
> -
> Email will be:
> 2Cybers at gmail-dot-com
>
> Gordon Potter
> Atlanta, GA
> USA

From: DL on
You would need to delete/archive a considerable quantity to notice any
appreciable size reduction, 100mb wont do it

<Gordon Potter> wrote in message
news:jtu7p5lhqs0brhgdildh4ga0gkct3qcelj(a)4ax.com...
> Outlook.PST was growing 1.069 GB - Tried manual compaction -
> (Highlight Personal Folders, Right Click; Properties; Advanced;
> Compact Now). Lots of disk activity, but no change in the size of
> Outlook.pst as reported by Windows Explorer.
>
> Next I deleted over 100 Meg of files, emptied trash and manually
> compacted again. Stll Windows Explorer says Outlook.pst is 1.069 GB
>
> Then I learn auto archiving had been turned off. Turn it on. The
> size of Archive1.pst increases by ~400 Megs. Run manual compact. The
> size of Personal Folders Outlook reports is decreased by the 400Meg,
> but Windows does not see any change in Outlook.pst size.
>
> On the theory the size on the HDD might be full of holes, I even
> copied Outlook.pst to a thumb drive -- still 1.069 GB
>
> OS is Vista Business w/ SP2.
>
> Any ideas?
> -
> Email will be:
> 2Cybers at gmail-dot-com
>
> Gordon Potter
> Atlanta, GA
> USA


From: Gordon on
Well we started out with 1.069GB, we have removed over 600MB - that
is over 50% of the file contents at the start of the operation.

I have another PC wherein I deleted a mere 25 MB and had the
Outlook.pst file decrease in size by over 24 MB when I compacted.

-
Email will be:
2Cybers at gmail-dot-com

Gordon Potter
Atlanta, GA
USA

On Sun, 7 Mar 2010 20:19:52 -0000, "DL" <notvalid(a)spoofaddress.co.uk>
wrote:

>You would need to delete/archive a considerable quantity to notice any
>appreciable size reduction, 100mb wont do it
>
><Gordon Potter> wrote in message
>news:jtu7p5lhqs0brhgdildh4ga0gkct3qcelj(a)4ax.com...
>> Outlook.PST was growing 1.069 GB - Tried manual compaction -
>> (Highlight Personal Folders, Right Click; Properties; Advanced;
>> Compact Now). Lots of disk activity, but no change in the size of
>> Outlook.pst as reported by Windows Explorer.
>>
>> Next I deleted over 100 Meg of files, emptied trash and manually
>> compacted again. Stll Windows Explorer says Outlook.pst is 1.069 GB
>>
>> Then I learn auto archiving had been turned off. Turn it on. The
>> size of Archive1.pst increases by ~400 Megs. Run manual compact. The
>> size of Personal Folders Outlook reports is decreased by the 400Meg,
>> but Windows does not see any change in Outlook.pst size.
>>
>> On the theory the size on the HDD might be full of holes, I even
>> copied Outlook.pst to a thumb drive -- still 1.069 GB
>>
>> OS is Vista Business w/ SP2.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>> -
>> Email will be:
>> 2Cybers at gmail-dot-com
>>
>> Gordon Potter
>> Atlanta, GA
>> USA
>
From: Russ Valentine on
Read my reply. Stop panicking. Get a life.
It will take a while for Windows Exploder to report the file size correctly.
What's the rush?
--
Russ Valentine
"Gordon Potter" wrote in message
news:it88p5t2v583bgktvcvi66runbn6os9jcf(a)4ax.com...
> Well we started out with 1.069GB, we have removed over 600MB - that
> is over 50% of the file contents at the start of the operation.
>
> I have another PC wherein I deleted a mere 25 MB and had the
> Outlook.pst file decrease in size by over 24 MB when I compacted.
>
> -
> Email will be:
> 2Cybers at gmail-dot-com
>
> Gordon Potter
> Atlanta, GA
> USA
>
> On Sun, 7 Mar 2010 20:19:52 -0000, "DL" <notvalid(a)spoofaddress.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
>>You would need to delete/archive a considerable quantity to notice any
>>appreciable size reduction, 100mb wont do it
>>
>><Gordon Potter> wrote in message
>>news:jtu7p5lhqs0brhgdildh4ga0gkct3qcelj(a)4ax.com...
>>> Outlook.PST was growing 1.069 GB - Tried manual compaction -
>>> (Highlight Personal Folders, Right Click; Properties; Advanced;
>>> Compact Now). Lots of disk activity, but no change in the size of
>>> Outlook.pst as reported by Windows Explorer.
>>>
>>> Next I deleted over 100 Meg of files, emptied trash and manually
>>> compacted again. Stll Windows Explorer says Outlook.pst is 1.069 GB
>>>
>>> Then I learn auto archiving had been turned off. Turn it on. The
>>> size of Archive1.pst increases by ~400 Megs. Run manual compact. The
>>> size of Personal Folders Outlook reports is decreased by the 400Meg,
>>> but Windows does not see any change in Outlook.pst size.
>>>
>>> On the theory the size on the HDD might be full of holes, I even
>>> copied Outlook.pst to a thumb drive -- still 1.069 GB
>>>
>>> OS is Vista Business w/ SP2.
>>>
>>> Any ideas?
>>> -
>>> Email will be:
>>> 2Cybers at gmail-dot-com
>>>
>>> Gordon Potter
>>> Atlanta, GA
>>> USA
>>

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