Pst Viewer Pro™ 2023 Update is Now Available

Fargo, ND - The development team at Encryptomatic®, LLC is pleased to announce the release of Pst Viewer Pro™ 2023. This is a major release that is recommended for all customers. It resolves more than thirty issues and numerous improvements and enhancements.  

For this release, we are including our new proprietary email parsing engine which improves speed, processing, and rendering accuracy. This is now the same engine used in our advanced MailDex® email manager. 

Pst Viewer Pro™ is the original multi-format email viewer for Windows.  Since 2006, PstViewer Pro™ by Encryptomatic® LLC has been used by individuals and  professionals to organize, discover, print, and convert Outlook emails to PDF and many other formats. Outlook is not required to be present on your computer for PstViewer Pro to work. It works across Outlook PST OST MSG email files, and also MBOX, MHT, EML emails. 

How to Upgrade to Pst Viewer Pro 2023

Customers with a current maintenance and support service are able to upgrade from within Pst Viewer Pro by going to Help > Check For Updates.  Please contact our support team if you have any questions or require assistance.

The update can also be installed by downloading the installer from our website.

Customers without a current maintenance and support service are encouraged to contact our support team for upgrade offers.

For more information about capabilities and pricing or to obtain a 15 day free trial, visit the official Pst Viewer Pro home page.

New Features

PVP8-446 Add the ability to 'turn off' remote image download

PVP8-457 Upgraded Email library

PVP8-494 Upgraded the PDF processing engine

PVP8-495 Improved installer packaging

PVP8-493 Added a new "Browse to folder" for Windows 11

Resolved Issues

PVP8-373 Improved Chinese characters decoding

PVP8-401 Improved Mail Actions

PVP8-476 Improved Enumeration process

PVP8-458 Update splash screen copyright

PVP8-459 Underscore before text on most legends

PVP8-460 Update activation window text 2022-2023

PVP8-461 Resolved Error when accessing folder.

PVP8-462 Resolved an email access error

PVP8-463 Software crashed after selecting a folder with MSG files

PVP8-464 Fixed EML to PDF might output a PDF file with 0KB

PVP8-465 Resolved a license activation issue

PVP8-466 Resolved MBOX files load issue

PVP8-467 Resolved display preview file with some MHT files

PVP8-468 Resvolved error, unable to access PST file

PVP8-471 Resolved issue where Property tree may not generate

PVP8-488 Resolved an issue with Explorer tree truncated when scrolling

PVP8-489 Resolved issue where counted search items may be inaccurate

PVP8-490 Improved adding items to favorites

PVP8-491 Resolved issue where file explorer is not working correctly

PVP8-492 Resolved issue with Properties button on Explorer tree

PVP8-497 Improved the Single Export to Docx process

PVP8-498 Resolved an issue with XML export

PVP8-499 Improved displaying duplicate attachments for EML format

PVP8-443 Improved Command-line exports results

PVP8-500 Fixed an Error that could occur during saving attachment in the EML file

Free Trial

PstViewer Pro is available for a 15 day free trial.

For more information, visit https://www.encryptomatic.com/pstviewer/ or email us at supportline@encryptomatic.com. 

About Encryptomatic LLC

Encryptomatic LLC is a developer of customer-centric Microsoft Office solutions that protect the privacy of our customers email communications. Our products are widely available through an international online distribution network.

Founded in 2005, we are based in Fargo, ND, central to thousands of freshwater lakes brimming with Walleye and Northern Pike, where we enjoy outdoor sports, clean air and short commutes.

Encryptomatic® and Pst Viewer Pro™ are trademarks of Encryptomatic LLC
Microsoft® and Outlook® are registered marks of Microsoft Corp.

© 2023 Encryptomatic LLC  Fargo, ND USA

How to Permanently Erase Emails from Microsoft Outlook

Most people reasonably believe that when they delete an email message from Microsoft Outlook and empty the trash folder, the message is permanently erased.  Forensic investigators know this is untrue, and use the ignorance of Outlook users to recover emails during investigations. Deleted Outlook emails are easily be retrieved with a number of off-the-shelf software tools.   Depending on your perspective, this could be good or bad news. It's great news if you deleted an email with pictures you forgot to save.  It's bad news if you thought you had removed emails that contact embarrassing information.

Even after deletion, emails remain your Outlook .pst or .ost file until you compact the file. Compacting a .pst/.ost file is a feature that Microsoft discourages by making it difficult to access. Besides permanently removing deleted emails, another benefit of compacting is that it makes your .pst/.ost files smaller, saving space. 

How to compact your Outlook .pst file

My example uses Microsoft Outlook 2016, and will be similar on Outlook 2013.

Step 1. Delete your email messages and empty your Trash folder.

You know how to do this. Just click on an Outlook email message and press delete.

Step 2. Empty the trash folder for your .pst file.  

In the Outlook Inbox panel, locate the Trash folder. Press or Right click on it and delete "Empty."

Empty Outlook Trash Folder

Your emails will now appear to be deleted.  They will not appear in your email list or as the result of a search, but as we know they are still lurking beyond sight.

Step 3.  Compact your Outlook .pst/.ost file

In the Outlook folder list, tap or right click on the top line of the .pst/.ost file.  It may have your email address, or if you renamed it, it could have any other name. 

This will bring up a context menu.  Select "Data File Properties."

Outlook Data File Properties

Selecting "Date File Properties" will take you to the Properties window.  Select "Advanced," then "Compact Now."

Click "Compact Now" to begin compacting the PST or OST file.

Outlook will begin compacting the PST file and in the process permanently destroying all deleted in the file.  

Microsoft Outlook "Compact Now" 

If you have not compacted your Outlook PST/OST file before, it could take several minutes to complete the operation.

We hope this helps you manage the size of your Outlook email files, while helping secure your privacy by permanently removing emails you thought you had deleted.  If you have any questions or comments, please post them below.

Encryptomatic LLC is a Windows software developer with a suite of products that help its customers manage their email content. Learn more.