Outlook 2003 PST file problem

Hi guys, my PST file started having problems when it got to 1.85 gigs so I figured it might have the 2002 format. So I created a new 2003 pst and copied the data over to it, I included the sent archieve folder,

Now when I click on the specifically on the sent archieve sub folder, outlook freezes and when opening outlook I get the message 'The data file Email Archieve was not closed properly. The file is being checked for problems.

Any ideas?

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laidbackfreak

check this out :-
How to troubleshoot performance issues in Outlook 2007

I'd look at any add ins if nothing there I'd look at re-creating the profile.

aueddonline

laidbackfreak wrote: »

check this out :-
How to troubleshoot performance issues in Outlook 2007

I'd look at any add ins if nothing there I'd look at re-creating the profile.

Should have said, i'm running outlook 2003, but i'll give this a read

spike_tomahawk

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office11 use scanpst.exe to repair it, you will have to close outlook first of course. Unfortunatly I see this on a daily basis.

aueddonline

spike_tomahawk wrote: »

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office11 use scanpst.exe to repair it, you will have to close outlook first of course. Unfortunatly I see this on a daily basis.

Thanks I didn't know about this tool, i've run it and there's no errors, I think the freeze might just be down to poor network performance becasue the sent archieve is big and the pst is on a network share.

undomiel

The obligatory reference to the unsupportedness of PSTs over the network:
Personal folder files are unsupported over a LAN or over a WAN link
Ask the Performance Team : Network Stored PST files ... don't do it!