Compacting PST File

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KEith Cotter

Hi all,

I am using the compact pst function in data management for
to reduce my pst file. It is 650MB at the moment.
However when I pick compact now button, the dialog appears
for about all of 3 seconds and then disappears as if all
is done. The help file says this can take several
minutes. Am I doing something wrong?

KEith
 
Nope, but if there is nothing to truncate the Compact feature doesn't have
to do a thing. How big is your mailbox (r-click Outlook Today-> Properties->
button Folder Size)? If this is near the size of your pst-file than this
behaviour is correct.

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Doubtful because there is logic in the file to keep roughly %4 of white
space available in the file. So if you have deleted very little from the
PST file, the compact routine won't do anything.
 
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