Huck
Tue Jul 08 23:08:52 PDT 2008
Is this what you mean?
Under File->Data File Management, selecting newly created file, clicking
"Settings" the new file is called
Personal Folders(1).pst
I think the (1) is because there are other Personal Folders files.
Huck
"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" <what@ever> wrote in message
news:OW5rCfW4IHA.4776@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> If you use Control Panel->Data Files->select your Personal folders file
> and
> hit settings, what does your .pst file call itself? Personal Folders or
> Personal Folders (97-2002)?
>
> --
> Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
>
> Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
> How to ask a question:
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>
>
> After furious head scratching, Huck Rorick asked:
>
> | Milly,
> | How can I tell, or verify, if I have the new unicode format file
> | (with 20 gigs)? I did File->New->Outlook Data File-> and then in the
> | "New Outlook Data.." window under "Types of Storage" selected
> | "Personal Folders File (.pst)" which was the only option. It said
> | "Provides storage of items and folders. Compatible with Outlook 97,
> | 98 and 200 files"
> | This looks like what I had before so I'm wondering how I know this one
> | supports 20 gigs?
> |
> | Also, I changed the default file and closed the old file that was too
> | big. I understand if I truncate the old file I lose data. It seemed
> | like I could open a new file, then copy stuff from the old (which I
> | was able to do with the mouse into another file already, as I think I
> | mentioned in a previous note.) Does this sound like a reasonable
> | approach? Of do I have to lose data?
> |
> | Thanks,
> |
> | Huck
> |
> | "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" <what@ever> wrote in message
> | news:%23kfeD3J4IHA.1192@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> || You need to reduce the size of your .pst file immediately. Use the
> || pst crop
> || tool (
http://www.slipstick.com/problems/repair2gbpst.asp) - once you
> || have it
> || reduced. create a new .pst file in the newer unicode format (default
> || size is
> || 20 gigs). File->New->Outlook Data File->Personal Folders. Drag your
> || items
> || from the old to the new and then close the old after making the new
> || the default delivery location.
> ||
> || --
> || Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
> ||
> || Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
> || How to ask a question:
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> ||
> ||
> || After furious head scratching, Huck Rorick asked:
> ||
> ||| Milly,
> ||| I did as you said but I got the same error message and it would not
> ||| delete the reminder. I can't delete the reminder, can't delete the
> ||| messages in the outbox, or messsages in Drafts.
> |||
> ||| I uninstalled MS Office, then reinstalled. It had the same problem.
> |||
> ||| I seem to remember that Outlook 2002 had a limit on the size data
> ||| file it could handle. Mine is 1,907,216 KB.
> |||
> ||| I'm getting really desperate. Can you suggest anything else?
> |||
> ||| Thanks,
> |||
> ||| Huck
> ||| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" <what@ever> wrote in message
> ||| news:uTSsFMx3IHA.4856@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> |||| Display your calendar in a Table view and add the reminders column.
> |||| Then go
> |||| through until you find the errant reminder. Highlight it but do no
> |||| open it,
> |||| then press delete.
> ||||
> |||| --
> |||| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
> ||||
> |||| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
> |||| How to ask a question:
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375
> ||||
> ||||
> |||| After furious head scratching, Huck Rorick asked:
> ||||
> ||||| Thanks Milly. I followed your instructions and cleared the cache.
> ||||| However, I still have the same problem. Outlook also won't let me
> ||||| dismiss reminders.
> |||||
> ||||| Any other ideas of what I might do?
> |||||
> ||||| Thanks,
> |||||
> ||||| Huck
> ||||| "Milly Staples" <what@ever> wrote in message
> ||||| news:0-qdnbZDDtI-aPPVnZ2dnUVZ_rDinZ2d@comcast.com...
> |||||| Tools->Options->Other->Advanced->Custom Forms->Manage
> |||||| Forms->Clear Cache.
> ||||||
> |||||| --
> |||||| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
> ||||||
> |||||| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
> |||||| How to ask a question:
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375
> ||||||
> ||||||
> |||||| After furious head scratching, Huck Rorick asked:
> ||||||
> ||||||| I'm using Outlook 2002. I tried running Detect and Repair.
> ||||||| That didn't help.
> ||||||| How do you clear the forms cache?
> |||||||
> ||||||| Thanks,
> |||||||
> ||||||| Huck
> ||||||| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" <What@ever> wrote in message
> ||||||| news:eLzOOng3IHA.3384@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> ||||||| Have you tried running a Detect and Repair? Have you tried
> ||||||| clearing your forms cache? What version of Outlook are you
> ||||||| using?
> |||||||
> ||||||| --?
> ||||||| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
> |||||||
> ||||||| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
> ||||||| How to ask a question:
> |||||||
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375
> |||||||
> |||||||
> ||||||| After furious head scratching, Huck Rorick asked:
> |||||||
> |||||||| I tried to delete an email from Outbox. When I do I get the
> |||||||| message
> ||||||||
> |||||||| "The messaging interface has returned an unknown error. If the
> |||||||| problem persists, restart Outlook"
> ||||||||
> |||||||| I restart Outlook, restart the computer, but still get the same
> |||||||| message. If I try to move the message I also get an error.
> |||||||| If I try to dismiss a calendar reminder, I get the same error.
> |||||||| I try to delete from the Inbox and get the same error.
> ||||||||
> |||||||| Any idea what could be going on?
> ||||||||
> ||||||||
> ||||||||
> |||||||| Thanks for any help,
> ||||||||
> ||||||||
> ||||||||
> |||||||| Huck
>
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