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Outlook express

3 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/outlook-express.92148/

r4gs
r4gs Original post #1
Jul 4, 2008 at 7:00 PM
Hi everyone,
i need some help with outlook express. My dad uses outlook express a lot and somehow, there seems to be 12gb of data for outlook express!!
I've got absolutely no idea how it became so big, especially when there are only about a 1000 messages in the inbox, all text only with a few photos.
Any suggestions on how to get rid of it?
The 12 gb of data is in "C:\Documents and settings\Administrator\Local settings\outlook" folder.
din
din #2
Jul 4, 2008 at 8:08 PM
I think you should compact the folders.

The reason being, even if you delete the messages, the folder size remains the same, thus it will show more space.
tuxfan
tuxfan #3
Jul 7, 2008 at 12:30 AM
Yes, compact the folders. Also check out sent items and deleted items.