Reduce PST File Size for a better performance in MS Outlook

Once you start working on Outlook you never mind on the size of the Outlook file. This becomes the main reason for the Outlook corruption. But do not worry because there are precautionary steps which can avoid corruption in Outlook. These methods include compacting the PST file. With this method you can shrink the size of your PST file and avoid the chances of corruption. 

Symptoms of Outlook corruption:

• Slowdown in the functionality of Outlook
• Outlook not responding
• Outlook freezes and hangs frequently
• PST file becomes inaccessible

If you are suffering from these issues that means you need to take a step very soon to avoid further damage in Outlook. Compaction process can also be carried by two possible ways:

• Manual method
• Automatic method

Manual method: Outlook has an inbuilt option “Compact Now” to compact your PST file which gives you an option to compact your PST file whenever the size of your PST file is increased. Follow these steps to manually compact your PST file:

• Select your desired PST file
• Click on settings
• In general
• Click on “Compact Now”

But manual method is not much effective because it does not work efficiently in case of very large PST files. Also this method does not guarantee to keep the original format of the file intact. So for an efficient compaction of the large sized PST file you need to go for a third party software which is compatible with your Outlook as well as which guarantees efficient compaction of the PST file without any change in the original format. 

Automatic Method: With help of this method you can go for a Compact PST Software which will not require any extra effort to schedule the compaction process. There is one such software available online which is best suited in this situation to compact your PST file efficiently. This tool comes with the following effective features:

• Compacts big PST files instantly
• Extracts the attachments and save those attachments at a different location
• You can schedule the compaction process
• Can serve as an Add-In in the Outlook tool bar
• Compatible with almost all the versions of Outlook

So without any doubt try this tool for the effective compaction of your large sized PST files and improve the working of Outlook application. 

Resource :

www.stellaroutlooktools.com/compact/how-to-compact-pst-file.php