limbo Posted March 10, 2012 Report Share Posted March 10, 2012 Wanted to compress a file to send to a friend, a rather large file. Right clicked 'compress and send by mail' but since I did that, Outlook has stopped working and the file is being compressed for nearing 24 hrs. I'm on a small island in the PI so internet is not the fastest. Is there any way to stop the compressing process so I can use Outlook again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave32 Posted March 11, 2012 Report Share Posted March 11, 2012 Ctrl-Alt-Del > Task Manager > select outlook and 'end task.' If you can't get task manager up, probably have to shut down PC manually and reboot. May have better luck zipping the file independent of outlook, and then sending the zipped file as attachment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunsanuk Posted March 11, 2012 Report Share Posted March 11, 2012 Hi, Or send the file using yousendit.com Sanuk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limbo Posted March 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2012 Thanks Dave, that control rule 'ruled', all is back to normal. Now I will hold off for a while until I have good internet connection before I start trying things again. @KS I'll have a look at that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamui Posted March 12, 2012 Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 I'm on a small island in the PI so internet is not the fastest. Is there any way to stop the compressing process so I can use Outlook again? Many mail providers have an upload and download quota in regard to file size. Depending on the provider files need to be as small as 5MB or can be as large as up to 20Mb (Gmail for example). Combined with a slow connection it might be impossible for you to send the file by email. Yousendit it is quite good. Google will show you several other file sending/sharing services. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave32 Posted March 12, 2012 Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 Glad it worked out. In general, when you need to stop a stalled program in Windows, Task Manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elef Posted March 12, 2012 Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 Not the solution in Limbos situation, but you can use FTP for transfer of bigger files. I've downloaded a copy of a database of 200 MB using ADSL 7 MB real speed. (Today my mobile broadband 3G is around 15 MB, I can upgrade to 4G and will get 80 MB which I don't need.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamui Posted March 12, 2012 Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 Not the solution in Limbos situation, but you can use FTP for transfer of bigger files. I've downloaded a copy of a database of 200 MB using ADSL 7 MB real speed. (Today my mobile broadband 3G is around 15 MB, I can upgrade to 4G and will get 80 MB which I don't need.) Yep, but you'll need a server/website for to up-/download the file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limbo Posted March 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 Thanks again for all suggestions, it's really helpful. Made it into an RAR and zipped it but the file is still 211mb and can't send it by email. The problem with yousendit is that you have to pay for it, although there's a free trial period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elef Posted March 12, 2012 Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 Yep, but you'll need a server/website for to up-/download the file. Sure but not necessarily a designated server. That was my first reaction and correct, but starting to think - it's not impossible to use your computer as a server and have a website there (some complications yes and limitations). So why can't you connect directly between 2 computers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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