Format of PST

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Steve Freides

My PST says it's in "Outlook 1997-2002" format, probably because I
upgraded from 2002 to 2003. Is there a newer format, and is there any
benefit to be had by upgrading my file format to the newer format and,
if so, how do I do this?

TIA.

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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]

The newer format allows you to exceed the 2 GB limit on size. If that's not
a big deal to you, there's no real reason to change. If you do change,
remember that you'll lose backward compatibility of the file.
 
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Steve Freides

If I wish to change, how do I do that? Everything here is now 2003 so
backward compatibility is not an issue.

-S-
http://www.kbnj.com


Russ Valentine said:
The newer format allows you to exceed the 2 GB limit on size. If
that's not a big deal to you, there's no real reason to change. If you
do change, remember that you'll lose backward compatibility of the
file.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Steve Freides said:
My PST says it's in "Outlook 1997-2002" format, probably because I
upgraded from 2002 to 2003. Is there a newer format, and is there
any benefit to be had by upgrading my file format to the newer format
and, if so, how do I do this?

TIA.

-S-
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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]

Just create a new PST and copy the contents of your old PST into it.
Note that I said copy. Do not for one second think of importing.
After that, set the new one as the default and close the old one.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Steve Freides said:
If I wish to change, how do I do that? Everything here is now 2003 so
backward compatibility is not an issue.

-S-
http://www.kbnj.com


Russ Valentine said:
The newer format allows you to exceed the 2 GB limit on size. If that's
not a big deal to you, there's no real reason to change. If you do
change, remember that you'll lose backward compatibility of the file.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Steve Freides said:
My PST says it's in "Outlook 1997-2002" format, probably because I
upgraded from 2002 to 2003. Is there a newer format, and is there any
benefit to be had by upgrading my file format to the newer format and,
if so, how do I do this?

TIA.

-S-
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