

- #Can i remove outlook 2011 identity backup file manual#
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Remove an account but keep its email with copying and pastingĪctually, before removing an email account from Microsoft Outlook, we can save all of its emails into other folders with manually copying and pasting. ost data file, you can remove this email account and keep its emails with exporting. If the data file of an email account is saved as. Up to now, the email account has been removed from you Microsoft Outlook, but folders of this email account are still on the Navigation pane. pst data file before, please go to the specified location to get the.

Note: It will open the default folder that Microsoft Outlook saves. Step 4: In the popping up Open Outlook Data File dialog box, find out the data file you will open, click to highlight it, and then click the Open button.

#Can i remove outlook 2011 identity backup file archive#
To keep things running smooth, and for faster compacting:ĭo not archive mail in default OE folders.
#Can i remove outlook 2011 identity backup file manual#
A manual compact will also reset the counterįor more info, see the information outlined in red here: Should something go awry when compacting, the messages can easily be restored from this backup. If you are fully patched, you will also now see a copy of your dbx files being copied to the Recycle Bin as BAK files. This will also set the counter back to zero. If you compact manually, at your convenience, Now you will get a prompt to compact after 100 OE closings, which you should do, and don't touch anything until it has finished. With SP2, automatic background compacting was removed due to problems it caused. ***Never touch anything until the compacting is finished.***

When you delete, or move messages, the space they had used remains until you compact. Why does OE insist on compacting folders when I close it?:Ĭompacting your folders periodically is a must to keep OE functioning well and at some point, you may lose all your saved messages if you don't. If you did what you did to avoid compacting on a regular basis, you are not wise to do so. Re #3: That only applies to news messages ad not e-mail. Re #2: That only applies to IMAP accounts and not POP3 accounts.
#Can i remove outlook 2011 identity backup file windows#
This is a known issue, especially if Windows Search is installed. The OP was having an issue with OE asking to compact when not even using OE.
