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Old 03-17-2011, 09:37 PM
ken3 ken3 is offline Size of pst files is 6x larger than the "total size" of the personal folder Windows 7 64bit Size of pst files is 6x larger than the "total size" of the personal folder Office 2007
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I have compacted my pst file several times, but the file is still 6x larger than the total size of the folders (when I right click on "personal folder" in outlook). Why is the actual file so big? Is there something hidden inside that I don't know about?

main pst file size is 2.7gb, but the "Total size" of the personal folder is only 292mb. Any thoughts? Thanks.

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My outlook pst file was about 5gb. I turned on autoarchive and ran it, sending older "deleted" and "sent" items into a new archive.pst that was created. I did not archive any other folders, calendar, tasks, etc.

main pst file is 2.7gb
main personal folder "total size" is 292mb

archive pst file is 1.9gb


archive folder is 1.7gb

1.9 + 1.7 = 4.6gb, which is close to the original 5gb file, no worries. The archive folder and file are pretty close, but the main pst is way off.
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Old 03-29-2011, 02:31 AM
SpiderTech SpiderTech is offline Size of pst files is 6x larger than the "total size" of the personal folder Windows XP Size of pst files is 6x larger than the "total size" of the personal folder Office 2010 (Version 14.0)
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ken3,

First, check the .pst file by opening the file in your Outlook client. Confirm the contents are stored emails,contacts and calenders. If you find that there is only a few emails its possible you may need to run the Scanpst.exe.

Below is a link with further information.

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/ou...001021064.aspx
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Old 03-31-2011, 09:01 AM
ken3 ken3 is offline Size of pst files is 6x larger than the "total size" of the personal folder Windows 7 64bit Size of pst files is 6x larger than the "total size" of the personal folder Office 2007
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scanpst worked. thanks.
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