Outlook 2010 (32-bit) Windows 7 (64-bit)
I have a system with Outlook 2010 (cached mode not enabled) and some of the sub-folders under the user inbox have become significantly bloated (containing in excess of 50000 messages). I'd like to clear these out as efficiently as possible (while preserving the directory name/place itself).
If I right-click on the folder and select "Delete All", I get a prompt that asks if I'm sure that I want to move all items in this folder to the Deleted Items folder. When I click yes, I see a "preparing to delete" progress bar... and when it reaches the end, nothing happens. The progress bar closes gracefully but the messages are still in the directory.
Is there an alternate way of doing this?