Via the Registry
To increase the maximum size of pst-files and ost-files in Outlook, you’ll need to create and set 2 values in the following location in the Registry;
- Outlook 2003
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Outlook\PST
- Outlook 2007
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Outlook\PST
- Outlook 2010
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Outlook\PST
- Outlook 2013
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Outlook\PST
- Outlook 2016 / Outlook 2019 / Microsoft 365
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\PST
The following 2 new DWORD values must be created or set;
WarnLargeFileSize
Don’t set this higher than4090445042
(decimal) orf3cf3cf2
(hexadecimal)MaxLargeFileSize
Don’t set this higher than4294967295
(decimal) orffffffff
(hexadecimal)