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How to delete e-mail from PST file w/o opening Outlook
Microsoft Outlook 2003 hangs on the latest e-mail in my Inbox. I have CTRL-ALT-DEL to end the program. It will not respond. I have since gone into mail via mail2web and deleted the e-mail from downloading. It had a huge attachment. Problem is that it already tried to download in Outlook and causes it to hang.
Is there a way to open PST file, look at the listed contents and delete the e-mail out so it is not the first thing Outlook tries to open? Thanks!
Jim
Is there a way to open PST file, look at the listed contents and delete the e-mail out so it is not the first thing Outlook tries to open? Thanks!
Jim
copy the .pst to an external hard drive or network drive and try to open the pst on another computer and delete any large attachments and then try to open it up on the original workstation. There is not way to open a pst without using outlook that I know of.
Unattach the current PST
Create a new PST - open up outlook
In outlook, open up the "hanging PST" and try to delete the email
close original PST
close outlook
Search your harddrive for Scanpst.exe run this program against the original PST
Once it is completed, reattach the Original PST to outlook
Create a new PST - open up outlook
In outlook, open up the "hanging PST" and try to delete the email
close original PST
close outlook
Search your harddrive for Scanpst.exe run this program against the original PST
Once it is completed, reattach the Original PST to outlook
You could move it, create a new PST file and do an import...but I don't know that you wouldn't wind up in the same shape. Also if the PST is corrupt, search your computer for "scanpst.exe"...or you should be able to just close Outlook and from Start-Run, type in scanpst.exe
let it scan the PST for errors. Maybe it will fix them and you can open the file in Outlook.
let it scan the PST for errors. Maybe it will fix them and you can open the file in Outlook.
ASKER
This a home office and I have no other computer. I found plenty of software that recovers PST data and will actually list the e-mails to recover. But I want to list the items and delete the e-mail I don't want.
If you:
- Backup your PST
- Delete the current mail profile (Control Panel => Mail)
- Recerate a mail profile (Control Panel => Mail)
- Mount the PST in outlook (File => Open => Outlook Data File)
- Hopefully it opens, you can then drag and drop things into the new PST.
Wow long way behind..>!
BTW, the file is generally in:
C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\MSMAPI\1033
C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\MSMAPI\1033
ASKER
Already did scanpst with no luck.
yes, we are all often typing at the same time and submit only to see that someone else beat us to it.
ASKER
Ok - I did the following from below JohnGerhardt BUT I still need to access that INBOX from that PST since there is other important e-mails in that folder. When I go to it, because it is the first listed - it hangs again!
Backup your PST
Delete the current mail profile (Control Panel => Mail)
Recerate a mail profile (Control Panel => Mail)
Mount the PST in outlook (File => Open => Outlook Data File)
Hopefully it opens, you can then drag and drop things into the new PST.
It should work..!
Backup your PST
Delete the current mail profile (Control Panel => Mail)
Recerate a mail profile (Control Panel => Mail)
Mount the PST in outlook (File => Open => Outlook Data File)
Hopefully it opens, you can then drag and drop things into the new PST.
It should work..!
What is the size of the PST?
ASKER
Size is irrelevant in this situation (208MB) and also I have tried the Stellar product. It will list the contents and allow you to recover, but I am looking for something that will delete the e-mail from the list.
I dont think so there is any tool who will delete the mails from the PST.
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