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Time for a slight diversion from complete hard drive defragmentation:
Outlook Accelerator only defragments the data files for
Microsoft Outlook. I originally thought it optimised the contents of the
Outlook PST file, but I was mistaken.
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Because the software is an add-in to
Outlook, it "knows" where the data files are. Outlook data files are not easy to find, and if you get a lot of messages the file grows regularly, so it is easy for it to become fragmented.
Outlook Accelerator claims to defragment these files on a regular basis. There are various options available to determine how often they should be defragmented.
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It's not clear to me whether
DefragMentor Software is still operational, as the web site does not appear to have been updated since June 2004. Their e-commerce facility works, but my attempts to contact technical support have failed. I paid the $19.95 required to test the product, but when I encountered a problem and contacted them I received no reply.
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The problem I encountered was that the program doesn't appear to do anything, and does not report when the defrag is complete, or how far it has progressed. I also found that if I quit
Outlook and then tried to re-load it, nothing would happen. I had to terminate the "
OUTLOOK.EXE" process in Task Manager before I could start
Outlook again. I have been unable to arrange a refund and have uninstalled the product. I think it's overpriced at $19.95, even if it worked correctly. This was definitely a bad buy.
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