From: "Rich" 

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   In Office XP the PST file I/O uses 32-bit file offsets.  In Office =
2003 the file I/O uses 64-bit offsets.  I don't know if the file format =
itself has some limit.  As I have a PST that is larger than 2GB that I =
use with Office 11.

   If you have two PSTs reported as opened I would check to see if you =
don't have two different paths to the same file.  If this happened to me =
I would go to the data file options and if two are listed remove one.  = If
only one is listed I would delete the MAPI profile and recreate it.

Rich

  "Glenn Meadows"  wrote in message =
news:433c45c6$1{at}w3.nls.net...
  The 2 gig file size limit...is that an Outlook limit, or a hard =
OS/File=20
  System limit?  Running on Windows 2K, and I believe formatted =
partition is=20
  NTFS.  Might be Fat32 though..

  Reason I ask, is I just spent the bulk of today repairing a PST file =
that=20
  had exceeded the file size, and could not be opened.  Had to download =
the=20
  2gig limit truncation program, and then run Scanpst.exe to repair the =
file.=20
  Lots of resulting corruption, for example, all the peoples names are =
gone in=20
  his contacts list, but the internal info on each entry is there.

  He's now getting close to 3000 reminders opening, almost like every =
reminder=20
  he's ever set is now back.

  In the process of correcting this, we did upgrade to Office XP from =
Office=20
  2K.  At least in Office XP, the reminders come up in a Reminders list, =

  rather than a gazillion popup reminder windows on his desktop, which =
was=20
  crashing Outlook.

  Also, now even though we're only opening 1 PST file, it shows as 2, =
which=20
  are identical, and neither can be closed, which does indicate it's the =
same=20
  file, with 2 instances being displayed.  Even the indications on the =
folder=20
  list match, when an email arrives, it shows as (1) in both inboxes.  =
Anyone=20
  have any clue how to fix that????

  He's in massive "trim" mode right now, as well as running compact on =
the=20
  file.  What really killed him space was, is he has tons of documents =
saved=20
  with his Tasks list, and tons of attachments included in his email.  =
.

  --=20

  Glenn M.=20


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   In Office
XP the PST file =
I/O uses=20
32-bit file offsets.  In Office 2003 the file I/O uses 64-bit=20
offsets.  I don't know if the file format itself has some =
limit.  As I=20
have a PST that is larger than 2GB that I use with Office =
11.
 
   If you
have two PSTs =
reported as=20
opened I would check to see if you don't have two different paths to the = same=20
file.  If this happened to me I would go to the data file options
= and if=20
two are listed remove one.  If only one is listed I would delete =
the MAPI=20
profile and recreate it.
 
Rich
 

  "Glenn Meadows" <gmeadow{at}comcast.net>">mailto:gmeadow{at}comcast.net">gmeadow{at}comcast.net>
wrote =
in message=20
  news:433c45c6$1{at}w3.nls.net...The 2=20
  gig file size limit...is that an Outlook limit, or a hard OS/File =
System=20
  limit?  Running on Windows 2K, and I believe formatted partition =
is=20
  NTFS.  Might be Fat32
though..Reason I ask, is I just =
spent=20
  the bulk of today repairing a PST file that had exceeded the file =
size,=20
  and could not be opened.  Had to download the 2gig limit =
truncation=20
  program, and then run Scanpst.exe to repair the file. Lots of =
resulting=20
  corruption, for example, all the peoples names are gone in his =
contacts=20
  list, but the internal info on each entry is there.He's now =
getting=20
  close to 3000 reminders opening, almost like every reminder he's =
ever set=20
  is now back.In the process of correcting this, we did upgrade =
to=20
  Office XP from Office 2K.  At least in Office XP, the =
reminders come=20
  up in a Reminders list, rather than a gazillion popup reminder =
windows on=20
  his desktop, which was crashing
Outlook.Also, now even =
though=20
  we're only opening 1 PST file, it shows as 2, which are identical, =
and=20
  neither can be closed, which does indicate it's the same file, =
with 2=20
  instances being displayed.  Even the indications on the folder =
list=20
  match, when an email arrives, it shows as (1) in both inboxes.  =
Anyone=20
  have any clue how to fix that????He's in
massive "trim" =
mode right=20
  now, as well as running compact on the file.  What really =
killed him=20
  space was, is he has tons of documents saved with his Tasks list, =
and tons=20
  of attachments included in his email. 
<sigh>.--=20
  Glenn M.


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