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Old 04-08-2012, 10:19 AM
dbsoccer dbsoccer is offline Windows XP Office 2007
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Default Which .pst is the correct .pst

I seem to have an embedded .pst within a larger .pst. Let me explain.
I have a .pst file called: brent.pst which is 8.4GB. I am preparing to move to an new computer and want to cut back on the size. I archived a bunch of old stuff. After I was done, I highlighted the file name in the Mail Folder column to check its properties. I had reduced the sized to 1.6GB. Great!! But when I checked the size of brent.pst using WE the file size for brent.pst is still 8.4GB.

Upon closer review, the file showing as being open in Outlook is actually called brent-pst and not brent and when I check the file location for brent-pst sure enough it shows it being located in folder call brent.pst.

Can I have a folder call brent.pst and can brent.pst contain brent-pst.pst plus what must be about 6 or 7 GB of stuff? I ran scanpst.exe on teh file and it said it fixed errors but this issue still exists.

Any help would be appeciated.

Brent
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