I work on a corporate workstation running Windows XP version 2002 SP3. It is configured to complain when my "profile (i.e. desktop) storage space" exceeds the allowed 30000kb.

The largest file in the list of files it considers as being stored in the profile storage space is C:\Documents and Settings\sara.bennett\Application Data\Zotero\zotero\Profiles\bzyyhp89.default\places.sqlite at 10,240kb.

For the first six months I worked here, I used Zotero without getting the space-exceeded message, so either places.sqlite is growing or I have installed enough other software that takes a chunk out of my profile space that cumulatively the space limit is exceeded.

I don't use Firefox, so (after some reading up) I deleted the places.sqlite file. At first, this seemed to have solved the problem - I restarted and quit Zotero, several times, entered new citations, etc. and all was well. But then, after a couple of hours, the file reappeared, at the same size; it wasn't obvious to me what action triggered this.

I then thought I would have a look at the file with one of the freeware SQlite browsers (I forget which one), and possibly compact it, but the browser said the file either wasn't of the correct filetype or was encrypted.

I called the corporate IT folks, and their solution was to politely take control of my workstation and delete my Zotero profile files; thanks, guys. So I shooed them away and reconstructed my profile and am back in business, but still with the too-large pesky file.

This is all a bit ironic (if that's the word): I chose to use Zotero Standalone as my citation manager at work because it doesn't require "any" installation (which corporate IT prohibits - we can only use software on the approved list - sigh.)

Help?

Thanks

Sara B.