pst oversize

thelunatic · Mar 31, 2005

just a little question....
why outlook does not have a suggest to end user to create a new pst
file when it is near 2GB?
in all companies i've worked , end user never know this capacity
limit, so at the end they corrupt the file with lost of some email.
would it be so difficult generate a pop up?

Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] · Mar 31, 2005

Depending on your version of Outlook, you may indeed get a warning.

Brian Tillman · Mar 31, 2005

thelunatic said:
just a little question....
why outlook does not have a suggest to end user to create a new pst
file when it is near 2GB?
in all companies i've worked , end user never know this capacity
limit, so at the end they corrupt the file with lost of some email.
would it be so difficult generate a pop up?

It does for later versions of Outlook than the one you appear to be running
(but who can really tell when you don't state it).

thelunatic · Apr 6, 2005

excuse me Sue.... but must i buy , read and study a book to have this option?
i think this must be own of outlook options, don't you think?

Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] · Apr 6, 2005

No, but you do need to provide your Outlook version and build number from Help | About.

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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

thelunatic · Apr 7, 2005

outlook 2003 (11.6359.6408) sp1
thanks

Sue Mosher said:
No, but you do need to provide your Outlook version and build number =
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thelunatic said:

excuse me Sue.... but must i buy , read and study a book to have this = option?
i think this must be own of outlook options, don't you think?
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just a little question....
why outlook does not have a suggest to end user to create a new pst
file when it is near 2GB?
in all companies i've worked , end user never know this capacity
limit, so at the end they corrupt the file with lost of some email.
would it be so difficult generate a pop up?

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Brian Tillman · Apr 8, 2005

thelunatic said:
outlook 2003 (11.6359.6408) sp1

PSTs created in the OL 2003-native UInicode format don't have a 2 GB limit.
Outlook will warn you when your PST approaches 20 GB.

thelunatic · Apr 11, 2005

Brian Tillman said:
PSTs created in the OL 2003-native UInicode format don't have a 2 GB limit.
Outlook will warn you when your PST approaches 20 GB.

ok. thanks, and for older versions of outlook how could i do?

Brian Tillman · Apr 11, 2005

thelunatic said:
ok. thanks, and for older versions of outlook how could i do?

How do you do what? Get a warning? Outlook 2002 (and, I think, 2000, with
the post-SP3 hotfix package) should both warn you when you aproach the 2G
limit.

thelunatic · Apr 14, 2005

How do you do what? Get a warning? Outlook 2002 (and, I think, 2000, with
the post-SP3 hotfix package) should both warn you when you aproach the 2G
limit.

WITH OUTLOOK 2002 AND 2000 I NEVER HAD A 2GB WARNING... AND ALSO I WAS
SEARCHING FOR SOME OPTION TO ENABLE FOR IT..... IS THERE A WAY TO DO
IT?

Brian Tillman · Apr 14, 2005

thelunatic said:
WITH OUTLOOK 2002 AND 2000 I NEVER HAD A 2GB WARNING... AND ALSO I WAS
SEARCHING FOR SOME OPTION TO ENABLE FOR IT..... IS THERE A WAY TO DO
IT?

I'm sure I read a KB article that mentioned the warning, but I can't find it
now.

thelunatic · Apr 18, 2005

Brian Tillman said:
I'm sure I read a KB article that mentioned the warning, but I can't find it
now.

here' the link: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;832925

but there are not the registry entries in my pc..... must i create
them?
and is there a way to make an exe or a batch file that would do this ?
in this way i's send it to all company users!
thanks

Brian Tillman · Apr 18, 2005

thelunatic said:
here' the link:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;832925

That's about Outlook 2003, but you were asking about OL 2000/2002. I
thought I remembered articles about PST size warnings for those versions as
well, but I can't find them.

but there are not the registry entries in my pc..... must i create
them?

For OL 2003, yes.

and is there a way to make an exe or a batch file that would do this ?

Certainly. In Windows XP there's a "reg" command that lets you add registry
values via a batch file. You can also create a .reg file and use regedit to
import it into the registry in a batch file. Run this batch file as a login
script.