Thanks for the information...

However, I dont think its a too big PST file issue. The reason Im saying this is that my problems started after I actually made the file much smaller, deleting some 200 contacts and over 5000 emails..... so somehow my PST file just got smaller, not larger.

Also, remember I have three folders that open.... and apparently the opening of the first folder goes well but Outlook proceeds to hang upon showing me the window to type in the password of the second folder... (the cursor stops blinking)... and Outlook seems to hybernate. The only way to restart is for me to use the tast manager to close all Outlook windows and then I must restart in Safe Mode.

Using Outlook in Safe Mode lets me access all folders with no issues....

Im still lost on this....

Thoughts...?