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Compacting Outlook files?

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Name: walkerpbus
Date: May 7, 2009 at 14:09:44 Pacific
OS: Microsoft Windows XP Professional
CPU/Ram: 2.793 GHz / 1014 MB
Product: Microsoft / Outlook 2003
Subcategory: Microsoft Office
Comment:

How does one auto-compact the .pst and .ost files. The standard Microsoft help files only say it's possible, but not how to do it. ?? :-(



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Response Number 1
Name: Jennifer SUMN
Date: May 7, 2009 at 14:49:55 Pacific
Reply:

If you have the Outlook icon on your desktop, right-click, Properties, Data Files, Select the file, Settings, Compact.

If you don't have the Outlook icon, then Control Panel, Mail, Data Files, Select the file, Settings, Compact.

EEOC


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Response Number 2
Name: walkerpbus
Date: May 7, 2009 at 14:58:24 Pacific
Reply:

Tried both methods. 1st only shows properties for the shortcut. Tried it also on the actual .exe file, & it allowed 1 compact. Control Panel the same result. ???


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Response Number 3
Name: walkerpbus
Date: May 7, 2009 at 14:59:57 Pacific
Reply:

Tried both (actually 3) methods. 1st only shows properties for the shortcut. Tried it also on the actual .exe file, & it allowed 1 compact. Control Panel the same result. ???


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Response Number 4
Name: Jennifer SUMN
Date: May 7, 2009 at 16:14:33 Pacific
Reply:

What do you mean it allowed one compact? You tried it on what exe file?

Did you follow my steps?

EEOC


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Response Number 5
Name: walkerpbus
Date: May 8, 2009 at 09:16:19 Pacific
Reply:

As far as I know, I followed the steps you outlined, EXCEPT that it was confusing to get the properties of the icon (shortcut). It had no "data files" option. So ????
Secondly, the .exe was Outlook.exe. "1 compact" indicates that there was apparently just 1, and no auto-compact set on.


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Response Number 6
Name: Jennifer SUMN
Date: May 8, 2009 at 17:15:41 Pacific
Reply:

As I said, if you have the Outlook icon (NOT shortcut), right-click. Otherwise, follow the steps outlined in the second paragraph.

EEOC


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