pst help

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Craig

I had an outlook pst file of about 1gig on my desktop and using a backup
program backed it up and then imported it into my laptop (for the first
time) which took over an hour. I cleaned up (deleted) some emails in my
inbox (from about 4,200 emails to 3,700) I then exported the file from my
laptop and then imported that file (still about 1 gig) back to my desktop.
The import did not reflect the email deletions I made on the laptop though
but the pst file size jumped from 1 gig to 1.8 gig. I don't see any
duplications in my emails or contacts. I'm using Outlook 2003. I would like
to get the size of the file back down. Any idea?

Thanks...jcs
 
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Roady [MVP]

Next time don't use import/export for this but simply connect to it by
File-> Open-> Outlook Data File...

To compact the pst-file;
rightclick the root of the folder set-> properties-> button Advanced...->
button Compact Now... (this could take a while)

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-What do the Outlook Icons Mean?
-Create an Office 2003 CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 1
 
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Brian Tillman

Craig said:
I had an outlook pst file of about 1gig on my desktop and using a
backup program backed it up and then imported it into my laptop (for
the first time) which took over an hour. I cleaned up (deleted) some
emails in my inbox (from about 4,200 emails to 3,700) I then exported
the file from my laptop and then imported that file (still about 1
gig) back to my desktop. The import did not reflect the email
deletions I made on the laptop though but the pst file size jumped
from 1 gig to 1.8 gig. I don't see any duplications in my emails or
contacts. I'm using Outlook 2003. I would like to get the size of the
file back down. Any idea?
Click to expand...

You seem to have the (false) idea that deleting items from a PST and then
importing that PST into another Outlook will somehow cause existing items in
that Outlook's PST to also be deleted. Import only adds. It never
subtracts.
 
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