File size

[Guest]

On our network this person has a pst file that is 1.2gb, but in outlook when
i look at the file size it is 46 mb. He did just delete a bunch of things but
why in outlook it shows its 46mb or so and when you actually browse out to
where the file is at it is 1.2 gb

 

[Hal Hostetler [MVP P/I]]

Deleting items does NOT reduce the size of a .PST file, compacting it does.
Try compacting the file and see if it changes the file size.

Hal
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[Guest]

Yes this worked thanks. So when people delete a lot of things out of a pst
you have to compact it for the actual file to change to the correct size?

 

[Hal Hostetler [MVP P/I]]

That is correct.

Hal
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Hal Hostetler, CPBE -- (e-mail address removed)
Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-Print/Imaging -- WA7BGX
http://www.kvoa.com -- "When News breaks, we fix it!"
KVOA Television, Tucson, AZ. NBC Channel 4
Still Cadillacin' - www.badnewsbluesband.com