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by dimitri.asselman

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Hi all,

I wondered if it is possible to set a limit size on a file in win2k?
I know you can set a "quota" on a drive, that you can define a size on profiles, registry etc... but can u manage the size of ANY folder/file on a disk? How can i do that ?
Eg.. in outlook 2002 the max file size of a pst-file (datafile) is 2 GB. Let's say I want this to be 1 GB, how can I implement this?
Any ideas or help is welcome!

Many thanks in advance,

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by timwalsh

There is no way native to Windows to allow you to set quotas at the file level or limit the size of specifc files or types of files. There may be third-party software packages available that will allow you to do such, but I'm unaware of any.

Since disk quotas are applied at the per-user level (by default) (determined by file ownership), you could place all user .pst files on one drive and implement quotas to limit each user to 1 GB. This will effectively limit the size of the .pst file.

by junething

Well, its not the drive, but folder u can set quota on. For example, u have 10 users. And u want to limit the user's folder to max of 1GB, then u can set the Disk/folder quota, for those 10 people. Cool thing about win2k is that u can make a Group account for only people who u want to enable the Disk Quota!!!

For u're question, it would be possible, because u give users permission to read and write in the outlook2002 program, using that permission, u can limit the size of the folder. I've never done the latter portion, but idea is the same.

Good luck

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