From Leo's mailbag:
> From: A Computer User
> Sent: March 23, 2007
> To: Ask Leo!
> Subject: 300meg PST with only 70meg of data?
>
> Leo,
> In Outlook I have an archive-folder. The size of it is approx 72 MB,
> when I look at the folders proporties. However when I look at the
> archive.pst file in Windows explorer the size is there 314 MB. Does the
> archive.pst contains other data than the arcive-folder in Outlook? Or
> do you have any other explanation?
The PST doesn't release the unused space until it's compacted.
That happens while the PST is open while your computer idle,
or you can force it manually. This article discusses:
http://ask-leo.com/what_can_i_do_about_outlooks_huge_pst.html
Thanks for asking,
Leo
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