With the help of Microsoft Outlook, one can perform various kinds of works like send mails, retrieve personal documents, edit journal, calendar entries etc. Not only this, one can also move data and other information from one folder into another with just a few clicks. But once in a while it happens that the users are unable to move the items from one place to another and Outlook behaves in an abnormal manner while doing so. The application stops all of a sudden when doing so when we try to import the data or any other items within Outlook. Now the biggest question that arises is why the Outlook is behaving in such an abnormal manner. The main reason behind this folly is that the size of the PST files has exceeded the file size. In the 2002 and earlier versions of Outlook, the maximum size of the PST files is allotted to 2GB and once this memory limit is exceeded, then the performance of the Outlook becomes very slow and users can get error message like “Unable to Move Items”.
It can be a grave situation when you are trying to access any data that is of utmost importance to you. In the event if you are unable to retrieve the information, it can lead to data loss kind of situation. In order to fix this problem, as a user you need to first of all see the size of the PST file whether it is more than 2GB or not. If the size of the file more than what it is allotted to it, then you need to split PST files. There are many 3rd party utility tools available that can easily minimize the oversized personal storage file and reduce it to smaller respective files. The software would first of all make a thorough scanning of the system and then split the PST file using powerful algorithm and programming methods.
