Microsoft Outlook Folder Is Full Error Message
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/ Problems / The Folder is Full Error Last reviewed on April 21, 2015 —7 Comments Scenario: You receive this error message: "Cannot delete this folder. Right-click the folder, and then click Properties to check the outlook data file has reached the maximum size 2010 your permissions for the folder. See the folder owner or your administrator to
Outlook Pst File Full Cannot Delete
change your permissions. The folder is full". But the folder is empty; there are no permissions to change. We believe cannot move the items. the outlook data file has reached the maximum size this specific message is caused by an update but no one knows for sure. To delete the folder, you need to go into Safe mode. It's also reported that a corrupt view may cause the outlook data file has reached the maximum size 2013 this error. To fix, you need to reset the view on the folder. In Outlook 2007 and older, do this from the View, Current view menu. In Outlook 2010 look for Reset View on the View ribbon. Finally, it may be caused by data file corruption. You can use scanpst on the data file to repair it. Repair a damaged Personal Folders PST file. ANSI pst If
The Outlook Data File Ost Has Reached The Maximum Size
you receive "folder is full" error while using a data file created in an older version of Outlook it means that the data file is full and has reached it's maximum file size. This is only an issue with data files created in Outlook 2002 and earlier. These files are limited to 1.9 GB for the data file, with up to 65,000 messages per folder. See Repair a 2GB Personal Folders or Offline Folders file for more information. How to check the data file (pst) format Right click on the top level folder and choose Properties (Data File Properties in Outlook 2010) Click Advanced to open the data file dialog. If the data file is listed as "Outlook Data File" and you are using Outlook 2003 and up, its a Unicode data file. If the data files is called "Outlook 97-2002 Data File" its an older ANSI format and is limited to no more than 1.9 GB in size and no more than 65,000 items per folder (often less). Delete Folder in Safe mode To delete the folder you need to go into Safe mode. Close Outlook Press the CRTL key while clicking the Outlook icon to open
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