Outlook 2003 freezing when I click on archive

[jmt356]

I started archiving a very large Inbox last month. Now, when I go into the archive, Outlook freezes. An hourglass appears and Outlook becomes unresponsive. Can I run the Inbox Repair Tool on the archive?

[HansV]

What is the size of your archive .pst file?

[jmt356]

2 GB

[Claude]

exit Outlook, search for scanpst.exe and run it againsta all you .pst files, generally fixes the problem.

[HansV]

If this is a .pst file that was originally created in Outlook 2002 or before, 2 GB is the maximum size. You cannot increase its size.
If you create a new .pst file in Outlook 2003, its maximum size is 20 GB.

[DaveA]

If this is a .pst file that was originally created in Outlook 2002 or before, 2 GB is the maximum size. You cannot increase its size.
If you create a new .pst file in Outlook 2003, its maximum size is 20 GB.

This is why I always to a "import" of my old pst to the new pst when I have upgrade my Office products.

True, I must do a lot of options settings and adding of accounts, but this also forces me to remember how to do these things.