kaffelatte wrote:

I disagree that the file size is inconsequential, but I'd be
interested in hearing what you think may have caused this anyway.

Perhaps he deleted or archived some old appointments in which he was no
longer interested or autoarchived some data. Customers are notorious for
leaving out details of what they did because they believe them
inconsequential. Also, exporting loses data, so perhaps the reduction in
size is the result of that. As far as the file size being unimportant, a 55
MB PST is fairly small, as far as PSTs go, and that's why I say it's size is
of no concern.

The reason he exports to a pst file is so he can take the file home
and use it with his home system without having to VPN in to access
Outlook.

The WRONG thing to do. He should simply copy his original PST with Outlook
closed to the transport medium. Alternatively (if he wants only his
calendar), he should create a new PST with FileNewOutlook Data File, copy
the calendar to that new PST, then close that PST and with Outlook closed,
transfer that PST to the transport medium. On the destination machine, he
should open the PST with FileOpenOutlook Data File. He can then copy the
contents of that calendar to his default calendar or simply use it as-is as
a separate calendar folder.
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Brian Tillman