In the Outlook 2007 to-do bar, the task view (when I go to customize it) is
not the "To-Do List" view, which to my knowledge, it should be. Earlier in
the week, the to do bar tasks was using the "Completed Tasks" view (so it was
only showing my completed tasks). Today, it has changed and is now using a
custom view that I created ("Completed Tasks for Prior Week by Category"). To
my knowledge I have not done anything to change the view being used to
display the tasks in the To Do Bar. Note that I know how to customize the
view to show the data that I want. What I want/need to know is how to change
the view that is being used back to "To-Do List". Anyone know what drives
this?
This happened several weeks back and then (on its own) resolved itself, then
today, after Outlook froze, my task view in the To Do Bar is no longer
showing the "To-Do List" view, but a custom view I created (i.e., "Completed
Tasks by Category").

I saw your post on multiple websites. I have the same problem and noone can
figure it out. Did you recieve any responses as to how to fix this??

"urbanic" wrote:

> In the Outlook 2007 to-do bar, the task view (when I go to customize it) is
> not the "To-Do List" view, which to my knowledge, it should be. Earlier in
> the week, the to do bar tasks was using the "Completed Tasks" view (so it was
> only showing my completed tasks). Today, it has changed and is now using a
> custom view that I created ("Completed Tasks for Prior Week by Category"). To
> my knowledge I have not done anything to change the view being used to
> display the tasks in the To Do Bar. Note that I know how to customize the
> view to show the data that I want. What I want/need to know is how to change
> the view that is being used back to "To-Do List". Anyone know what drives
> this?
> This happened several weeks back and then (on its own) resolved itself, then
> today, after Outlook froze, my task view in the To Do Bar is no longer
> showing the "To-Do List" view, but a custom view I created (i.e., "Completed
> Tasks by Category").

Has anyone found a solution? It drives me crazy about once every 5 weeks.

One thing I have noticed is that just before it happens, all of the date groupings I have in the To-Do Bar view will show "No Due Date" as their heading even though it is obviously grouped by the appropriate dates. Once this happens, the next time I start Outlook it will have changed to one of my other views.



urbanic wrote:

Change task view in to-do bar
22-Feb-10

In the Outlook 2007 to-do bar, the task view (when I go to customize it) is
not the "To-Do List" view, which to my knowledge, it should be. Earlier in
the week, the to do bar tasks was using the "Completed Tasks" view (so it was
only showing my completed tasks). Today, it has changed and is now using a
custom view that I created ("Completed Tasks for Prior Week by Category"). To
my knowledge I have not done anything to change the view being used to
display the tasks in the To Do Bar. Note that I know how to customize the
view to show the data that I want. What I want/need to know is how to change
the view that is being used back to "To-Do List". Anyone know what drives
this?
This happened several weeks back and then (on its own) resolved itself, then
today, after Outlook froze, my task view in the To Do Bar is no longer
showing the "To-Do List" view, but a custom view I created (i.e., "Completed
Tasks by Category").

Previous Posts In This Thread:

On Monday, February 22, 2010 3:22 PM
urbanic wrote:

Change task view in to-do bar
In the Outlook 2007 to-do bar, the task view (when I go to customize it) is
not the "To-Do List" view, which to my knowledge, it should be. Earlier in
the week, the to do bar tasks was using the "Completed Tasks" view (so it was
only showing my completed tasks). Today, it has changed and is now using a
custom view that I created ("Completed Tasks for Prior Week by Category"). To
my knowledge I have not done anything to change the view being used to
display the tasks in the To Do Bar. Note that I know how to customize the
view to show the data that I want. What I want/need to know is how to change
the view that is being used back to "To-Do List". Anyone know what drives
this?
This happened several weeks back and then (on its own) resolved itself, then
today, after Outlook froze, my task view in the To Do Bar is no longer
showing the "To-Do List" view, but a custom view I created (i.e., "Completed
Tasks by Category").

On Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:49 PM
jdi215 wrote:

I saw your post on multiple websites.
I saw your post on multiple websites. I have the same problem and noone can
figure it out. Did you recieve any responses as to how to fix this??

"urbanic" wrote:


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Yeah, solution (for Outlook 2010) is to add the option, since its apparently missing. Dunno why Outlook changed the view of the Task Bar To-Do List in the first place, but it happened to me during heavy RAM consumption. That "Current View" box on the Ribbon from when you're reading mail or looking at the full task list - you have to copy that into the Tool Tab Ribbon.

You can do this by clicking anywhere on To-Do Bar Task List to bring up the purple-highlighted "Task Tools" tab, called "Task List" in the Ribbon. Then right-click in the Ribbon, and click "Customize the Ribbon" from context menu.

Outlook Options will open. From here, change the drop-down menus, first the one on the left from "Popular Commands" to "All Tabs." And then the one on the right from "Main Tabs" to "Tool Tabs."

On the left side, expand "View" under "Main Tabs" and highlight "Current View".
Then on the right side, expand and highlight "Task List" under "Task Tools."

Then click the [Add > >] button in the middle. And click [OK]. The window will close.

Make sure you're still looking at the Task List/Task Tools tab in the ribbon and now on the right side, you'll see "Current View" with two options, "Completed" and "To-Do List." "Completed" is probably highlighted (if you're reading this page). Click "To-Do List," and the Task Bar To-Do List should disappear. But don't worry, restart Outlook and you're back in business.

I'm a little peeved that so many people have been having this problem but no one could be bothered with posting a solution. I hope this saves someone else the trouble that I had to go through.