Re: auto preview

There is a limit on the size of the PST.

File Size: 2GB max (reads about 1.92GB in Explorer)

Large Table Support not Enabled (Default)
* 16,000 folders
* 16,000 items per folder

Large Table Support Enabled
* 65,000 folders
* 65,000 items per folder

Nikki

To enable Large Table support, right click on Personal Folders and select
properties. Select Advanced. Check the box to enable large table support
and select OK until you return to the main window.
"Norman" <nthums1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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In being careful to word so as not to confuse, I forgot to include version
info.
I am using 2K and some of the mail came from a pst of OL98.

Thanks for the switches. They reset the columns but did nothing relating
to
views.
Under view/current view/define views I found a reset button. It is only
available if changes have been made to the view. When choosing reset for
the
'messages' view, it also does something which seems a little confusing if
you don't remember what the default install was back when it was new. It
automatically turns on the preview pane. Pretty certain there have been a
lot of tips about having that turned off.

It might well be the reverse action is just a confusing feature.

I only realized its presence after trying to overcome error messages
relating to the interface.
I am currently reconstructing a new pst and carefully moving items from
the
old. Without realizing it, my old pst, after moving some items from it
showed 1.8 GB. Also one folder was very near the maximum number of items.
And after moving some of the items, trying to compact seemed like it was
failing. It took only a few seconds prior to moving. And whether related
to
'compact' or something with my video, trying to do something else during
the
action made that box loose everything it was showing. It would give you
the
impression that the action crashed. Later I discovered that it was taking
several hours to complete even though the amount of messages removed was
not
that large. Also ran scanpst on the stores I'm working with. It reported
finding some errors and I did not need to fix but choose to do so. I did.

So far it appears I've beaten the flag raising event. Memory gets a bit
rusty and I'd appreciate any pointers you have for archiving mail. Not
sure
of any master plan at this point. But being aware of not using export to
create a backup pst due to data loss, I have to wonder if anything similar
exists with auto archiving. To me, the process would seem very similar.

Thanks for the help,
Norman

"Nikki" <SkippyLetterman@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi Norman,

Very interesting problem... I am going to suggest the following as a
possible solution to your VIEW problem:

Try using an outlook command-line switch called /CleanViews.
When you open outlook using a command-line switch it will
perform particular maintenance (depending on the switch) on
your Outlook program.

The /CleanViews switch will restore your default views.

WARNING: All custom views you created will be lost. It will
restore you back to the original Outlook views you had when
you first installed outlook.

To use switches, at the Start menu, Run command type:

Outlook /CleanViews



Occasionally you'll need to use the full path to Outlook, so the command
line looks like:

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office11\Outlook.exe " /CleanViews



Note: Paths that include spaces between words must be enclosed in
quotation
marks (") and are case sensitive.
You'll need the full path if you create desktop shortcuts.


I do not know what version of Outlook you are using so I will include
links to several versions. Just pick the one for your version of Outlook:

OL2003: Command-Line Switches by Microsoft Office Assistance:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/assistance/HP010031101033.aspx

OL2002: Additional Command-Line Switches
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;296192

OL2000: Additional Command-Line Switches
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3ben-us%3b197180

OL98: Additional Command-Line Switches
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B182112

Please write back and let me know if this helped you. Or if I have
confused
you, then I will try and clarify.

Nikki

"Norman" <nthums1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I've made a mess when copying from added pst to default pst. Now get
lots
of
interface error messages. Would not download mail either.
Attempting to fix, unfortunately I didn't make copy of original default
pst
first.
I am making some headway though by creating a new default and mail has
downloaded. Still have a ways to go as far as consolidating messages.

But I noticed something that doesn't seem right.
If I am working with view/current view/ messages or messages with auto
preview settings, and the view/auto preview button the behavior seems
abnormal.

Picking either of the first setting mentioned, then hitting the button
will
put it in the opposite state. That is by doing this to both current
view
settings,
messages setting will set to auto preview,
& messages w/ auto preview will set to without preview.
So picking either or moving back and forth between these two current
view
setting will show the opposite expected result.

Now maybe everyone's behaves this way which will answer my first
question
concerning something corrupted related to this.

It makes sense for the auto preview button to exist separately for some
of
the other items on the current view menu. But it seems that for the two
items mentioned that the action would be chained between the button and
the
menu choice.

Or is there some other explanation that I'm not seeing?

Norman








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