Profile Size

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My question is what the recommended max size for a profile on a computer
would be. Does is have the same effect as a .pst file? i know that .pst
files will get corrupted after they reach a certain limit. Your help is
greatly appreciated.
 
rj55brc wrote:
> My question is what the recommended max size for a profile on a
> computer would be.


No recommended size for regular local profiles. Your 'profile' is made up
of so many different files/folders. It could be a few GB up into the 100's
of GBs... Most of it is not touched unless you tell it to be. Desktop is
just a folder full of files. My Documents is the same thing - as well as
all the subfolders of My Documents.

> Does is have the same effect as a .pst file? i
> know that .pst files will get corrupted after they reach a certain
> limit.


That is *not* correct - at least not anymore - and it wasn't really
corruption as much as it just had file-size limitations and you had to
archive your mail. I mean - I would not recommend anyone to allow their PST
file to grow super-large (undoubtedly - they could have archived LONG before
it got to any huge size...) - but the size limit no longer exists at the
same level (2GB or so) as it did with Office XP.

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