Stellar Phoenix Compact PST
Compacts large sized MS Outlook PST files, preserving its interlinking between files and attachments.
Stellar Phoenix Compact PST is an innovative utility to safely compact PST files of larger size, by separating the attachments and storing them in a separate folder on the system hard drive.
- Compresses the large Outlook PST file without making any modification to the original data
- Extracts the attachments and saves in a separate folder
- Installs as an 'Add In' in MS Outlook application
- 100% success rate in terms of compressing the larger PST files
- Compatible with MS Outlook 2010, 2007, 2003, 2002 and 2000
- Features
- FAQ's
- PST Corruption Reasons
- Specs
- Support
Features – Compact PST
Stellar Phoenix Compact PST extracts attachments and compresses the PST files to significantly decrease the size of original PST file.
Some of the noted features of this compact PST utility are as below:
Compact both PST and OST files
Compact your over-sized PST as well as OST files into remarkably smaller size by extracting attachments into different folder systematically. You can get rid of the corruption prone PST/OST files and also access all your attachments as before.
Compacts Outgoing/Incoming Mails
Set preferences and the software automatically picks your Incoming or Outgoing mail to compact according to your preferred option.
Appears as an ‘Add In’ to Outlook
Stellar Compact PST appears as an 'Add In' utility to your Outlook after installation, a small icon is placed in the top left corner of your Microsoft Outlook. Without any shortcut or desktop icon, the feature gives an ease of usage.
Schedule Compacting Operations
Schedule the compacting of large PST files to start automatically at any specified Date and Time. The software offers to run at a present time on a specific day of the week or on every time, the MS Outlook starts.
Extracts Attachments and Leaves Shortcut in Mails
Compact your mails by extracting all your attachments to a different folder. Only the link to these attachments remains in the mails, through which you can easily access all your attachments.
Compacts PST Files of Specific Folders
Select the folders and save settings to run the PST compression tool only on the chosen folders.
Filters & Extracts Attachments of Specific File Types
You can add file types in the 'Excluded Extensions' and filter out only the attachments of the specific file types.
Option to Change the Path of Attachments Folder
Change the location of the Attachments Folder, in case you have noticed that the drive containing the Attachments folder is about to full. The software updates all the previously saved interlinks between mails and their corresponding attachments.
FAQ's
- What does Stellar Phoenix Compact PST do?
- What is the need behind compacting the PST files?
- While compacting the PST file, can I extract my attachments in a separate folder?
- Can I compress my mails without losing my attachments?
- Can I select some particular mailboxes and run the software on those selected folders of PST files?
- Can't I get the mails as well as attachments compacted?
- What are the steps to import the compacted PST file in Microsoft Outlook?
What does Stellar Phoenix Compact PST do?
Stellar Phoenix Compact PST is an advanced utility to compress large sized Microsoft Outlook PST files in order to reduce their size. The software separates the attachments and saves them in a separate folder without breaking the interlinking of files and the corresponding attachments. The software also compresses the OST files.
What is the need behind compacting the PST files?
You store many confidential, personal and business critical emails, attachment documents, calendar entries etc in your MS Outlook. With usage over a long period of time, the Outlook PST file grows in size and becomes more susceptible to corruption. In order to avoid loosing your precious data to corruption, you must compress the over-sized PST files. Stellar Phoenix Compact PST software helps you compact large PST files securely, without doing any modification to the original data in them.
While compacting the PST file, can I extract my attachments in a separate folder?
Yes, of course. You can extract the attachments in a separate folder. In order to do this, select the option, 'Extract and save attachments to a folder' prior to starting the compacting operation. You need not be worried at all about accessing of the data thereafter, as the interlinking of the PST file and the corresponding attachments is preserved.
Can I compress my mails without losing my attachments?
Yes, you can do so by selecting the option, 'compress & extract attachments and leave shortcuts in mails' under compacting options. The newly generated PST file will have all the email objects except the attachments, thereby compressing the size of the file quite significantly. The attachments will be stored in a different folder and only the links of the attachments will be there with the mails.
Can I select some particular mailboxes and run the software on those selected folders of PST files?
Yes, you can do that by selecting the option, 'extraction and compaction' on selected folders. You can do this by selecting the 'Apply To' tab and the folders, from which you want to run the software for compaction.
Can't I get the mails as well as attachments compacted?
Yes, you can compress the mails and their attachments by selecting the option, 'Compress attachments in mails' from the 'Compacting Option' section of the interface. In this process, the mails and the attachments are kept in the mail in a compressed form. However, you can not roll-back the process and the compressed mails will always be in the compressed form.
What are the steps to import the compacted PST file in Microsoft Outlook?
Following steps will let you import the compacted PST file in the Microsoft Outlook:
- Open the Microsoft Outlook and from the File menu, select the section, 'Import and Export'.
- In the 'Import and Export' Wizard, choose the option, 'Import from another program or file' and click on the 'Next' button.
- From the 'Import a File' box, choose the PST file and click on the 'Next' button. You can also click on 'Browse' in order to locate the particular PST file, you need to import. From the options box, choose the appropriate option and click on the 'Next' button.
- Lastly, from the 'Import Personal Folders' dialog box, choose the folders, which you want to import to the Outlook. Click on 'Finish' to complete the process.
Reasons of Compaction
Many times due to various reasons, you need to compact your Outlook PST files. Mentioned below are few of the scenarios when you need to compact PST file.
- In Microsoft Outlook 2002 or earlier versions, if the size of the PST file approaches the maximum limit of 2 GB. In Outlook 2003 and 2007, the limit was increased to 20 GB and now in Outlook 2010 it can be set up to 50 GB, Still increasing size limit always brings the chances of corruption of PST file.
- The Microsoft Outlook becomes very slow or sometimes does not even respond while performing regular mail operations, such as accessing emails, opening attachments, sending/receiving/archiving/compressing mails, finding emails, opening the calendar entries etc. Compacting the mails help in such situations.
- Increased size of the PST file resulting in the crash of Microsoft Outlook application.
- You are getting hundreds of mails daily and want to keep the incoming and outgoing mails compressed automatically. Stellar Compact PST helps immensely in this regard.
Stellar Phoenix Compact PST is the most reliable and efficient solution to compact large sized Outlook PST files in any of the above situations.
Spec - Stellar Phoenix Compact PST
Stellar Phoenix Compact PST

Languages :
Software Interface Available In :
- English
Package Details :
Name: Stellar Phoenix Compact PST
- Version: 2.0
- Version Launch – June, 2011
- Do it yourself software
MS Outlook Supported :
- Microsoft Outlook 2010, 2007, 2003, 2002, and 2000
Systems Requirement:
- Processor : Pentium Class
- Operating System : Microsoft Windows 7/Vista/2003/XP/2000
- Memory : 256 MB (512 MB recommended)
- Microsoft Outlook: MS Outlook Version 2010/2007/2003/2002/2000.
- Hard Disk : 50 MB of Free Space
- Internet Explorer : Version 4 or Later
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