"Jon" <J**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0476EF76-2734-4752-8149-DCD29B978BAD@microsoft.com...
> Outlook 2003 (Sp3)
>
> I had two archive folders appearing in my Mailbox which appeared to be
> duplicates. In sorting this out I created a new Archive1.pst and then ran
> AutoArchive with default settings. I then moved (dragged & dropped) many
> mail
> items from original archive into the new archive as I wanted them to be
> retained and easily accessible. I was checking data file sizes and could
> see
> changes in relative sizes as I moved items in/out and checked that the
> items
> that i had moved were definitely in the new Archive.
>
> I then removed original archive data file via
> File>DataFileManagement>Remove. I then ran AutoArchive one more time. On
> rechecking the new archive I found that none of the items that I had moved
> were now appearing. Although I haven't deleted the original Pst, it no
> longer
> contains the mail items I moved... as they were moved rather than copied.
>
> What did I do wrong? Did the final autoarchive 'overwrite' everything?
>
> Would like to know for the future.
>
> Thanks

"Roady [MVP]" wrote:

> Did you set your (Auto)Archive settings to the new pst-file as well before
> your final Archive run?
>
> It's hard to say what is going as some crucial information is missing.
> You're saying that your newly created pst-file that you use for archiving is
> now empty? When you are checking the folder sizes in Outlook, does it
> indicate they are empty as well? What is the size of the pst-file as
> reported in Explorer?
>
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> "Jon" <J**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:0476EF76-2734-4752-8149-DCD29B978BAD@microsoft.com...
> > Outlook 2003 (Sp3)
> >
> > I had two archive folders appearing in my Mailbox which appeared to be
> > duplicates. In sorting this out I created a new Archive1.pst and then ran
> > AutoArchive with default settings. I then moved (dragged & dropped) many
> > mail
> > items from original archive into the new archive as I wanted them to be
> > retained and easily accessible. I was checking data file sizes and could
> > see
> > changes in relative sizes as I moved items in/out and checked that the
> > items
> > that i had moved were definitely in the new Archive.
> >
> > I then removed original archive data file via
> > File>DataFileManagement>Remove. I then ran AutoArchive one more time. On
> > rechecking the new archive I found that none of the items that I had moved
> > were now appearing. Although I haven't deleted the original Pst, it no
> > longer
> > contains the mail items I moved... as they were moved rather than copied.
> >
> > What did I do wrong? Did the final autoarchive 'overwrite' everything?
> >
> > Would like to know for the future.
> >
> > Thanks
>
>