I need to find a way to count the # of emails in a .PST without actually opening it. If there are any 3rd party programs or a script I can run that would be great. If I do have to open the .PST and it is my only option, could anyone tell me the fastest way to get this information? Thanks!

hammerhead13 wrote:

I need to find a way to count the # of emails in a .PST without
actually opening it.

Not possible. You must open a file in order to determine the content.
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

I don't recall if any of the pst tools will show message count in the manner
I think you want. Kernal tools does, but it might be more of a 'we
recovered x # of items' - see
http://www.slipstick.com/problems/repair2gbpst.asp for a link to it.
Sherpasoftware.com has pst management tools but I don't think they count
messages.

you can also do it using VBA - see
http://www.vboffice.net/sample.html?...item&lang=e n
for a code sample of how to walk the folders.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/171603/en-us counts unread messages.


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"hammerhead13" wrote in message
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I need to find a way to count the # of emails in a .PST without actually
opening it. If there are any 3rd party programs or a script I can run
that would be great. If I do have to open the .PST and it is my only
option, could anyone tell me the fastest way to get this information?
Thanks!




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hammerhead13

Diane Poremsky {MVP} wrote:

I don't recall if any of the pst tools will show message count in the
manner I think you want. Kernal tools does, but it might be more of
a 'we recovered x # of items' - see
http://www.slipstick.com/problems/repair2gbpst.asp for a link to it.
Sherpasoftware.com has pst management tools but I don't think they
count messages.

you can also do it using VBA - see
http://www.vboffice.net/sample.html?...item&lang=e n
for a code sample of how to walk the folders.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/171603/en-us counts unread messages.

But those solutions open the file and not opening the file was an initial
criterion.
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

He asked:

that would be great. If I do have to open the .PST and it is my only
option, could anyone tell me the fastest way to get this information?

I answered.

Kernel tools might do it without opening it in outlook.

--
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"Brian Tillman" wrote in message
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Diane Poremsky {MVP} wrote:

I don't recall if any of the pst tools will show message count in the
manner I think you want. Kernal tools does, but it might be more of
a 'we recovered x # of items' - see
http://www.slipstick.com/problems/repair2gbpst.asp for a link to it.
Sherpasoftware.com has pst management tools but I don't think they
count messages.

you can also do it using VBA - see
http://www.vboffice.net/sample.html?...item&lang=e n
for a code sample of how to walk the folders.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/171603/en-us counts unread messages.

But those solutions open the file and not opening the file was an initial
criterion.
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]