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Krzysztof Lebecki - 11 May 2007 11:23 GMT

Hello,

I have Outlook 2000 SP-3 (with all actual patches) with a maybe old PST
file. I simply want to keep all my old mails, contacts, etc. I manage it, of
course, deleting huge mails for instance. The PST file is 161 MB large.

The Reminders are sometimes working, sometimes the stop to appear. In this
case I have to close Outlook, re-start it and then they are shown. But this
is not the way it should be solved, you agree probably.

I tried already several ways, I searched the Internet. This is what I have
tried:

/cleanreminders switch.

/resetfolders switch.

/cleanfreebusy switch.

Scanpst.exe (small errors found, copy saved as C:\Documents and
Settings\KLM\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\*.bak).

I can also try to create a new PST file from scratch and to copy all old
data. But I saw once a post where the author claimed he did it with no
special positive effect.

I have a feeling that my PST is corrupted in a subtle way. Do you know maybe
any fine PST scanners?

Well, any other suggestions are of course welcome.

Regards, Kris

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K. Orland - 11 May 2007 12:44 GMT

Did you run scanpst until no further errors were found? Also, close Outlook
and rename the .srs and .dat files (frmcache, outcmd, etc.) and then re-open
Outlook. If you have an .OST, delete it. These are files that will recreate
themselves when you open Outlook.
Also, you can try creating a new profile as well to see if that helps:
http://www.howto-outlook.com/faq/newprofile.htm

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> Hello,
>
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> Regards, Kris

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Krzysztof Lebecki - 11 May 2007 13:50 GMT

> Did you run scanpst until no further errors were found?

Yep. I have run the scanpst just now. With no error warnings.

> Also, close Outlook
> and rename the .srs and .dat files (frmcache, outcmd, etc.) and then re-open
> Outlook. If you have an .OST, delete it. These are files that will recreate
> themselves when you open Outlook.

I have found only frmcache.dat and outcmd.dat.

> Also, you can try creating a new profile as well to see if that helps:
> http://www.howto-outlook.com/faq/newprofile.htm

Thus, maybe not the PST itself is wrong, but some other configuration
issues?

OK. I will test the environment now, after these two files removal. Later I
will follow your account procedure.
And I will come back here ;)

Thx, KL

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Krzysztof Lebecki - 01 Jun 2007 10:40 GMT

Hello again,

The profile recreation procedure did not help, either. BTW I tried to follow
the described path, but there were small differencies: I did not have to
switch to the old PST file baceuse the new PST file was want created.
What now?

(how is it possible that for many years I had no problems with Outlook? Did
the MS guys change something some time ago?)

Kris

> OK. I will test the environment now, after these two files removal. Later I
> will follow your account procedure.
> And I will come back here ;)

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K. Orland - 11 May 2007 12:46 GMT

Another troubleshooting suggestion: try running Detect and Repair from the
Help menu.

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> Hello,
>
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>
> Regards, Kris

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Brian Tillman - 11 May 2007 13:42 GMT

> I have Outlook 2000 SP-3 (with all actual patches) with a maybe old
> PST file. I simply want to keep all my old mails, contacts, etc. I
> manage it, of course, deleting huge mails for instance. The PST file
> is 161 MB large.

That's not a real large PST. Have you tried a new mail profile? The method
used to do that is dependent on your mode. The second line of Help>About
will tell you.

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