Reminders are STILL not working

[Guest]

Outlook is about to go away if I do not get this fixed. My reminders are
still not working. I have read all the previous posts and tried everything
including running reset folders, clean folders, deleting all old
appointments, I even repaired Office from the CD. Nothing is working. I read
in one post where the person said to run scanpst.exe 3 times. When I do that,
it asks me which folder to scan. I have searched my whole computer and I have
no PST folder anywhere on my pc. Maybe this is the problem but I do not know
how to get it back if it is. I do not want to uninsall outlook and reinstall.
Any thoughts? This is the popup window I get when I start Outlook:

"there is a problem reading one or more or your reminders. Some may not
appear."

 

[Guest]

At the risk of repeating a step you already tried, the command to reset
reminders is
Start | Run \ outlook /cleanreminders

The PSTs will be in a location like:
C:\Users\John\AppData\Local\Application Data\Application
Data\Microsoft\Outlook on Vista,
and Documents and Settings\John\AppData\Local\Application
Data\Microsoft\Outlook on WinXP.

Hope this helps,

 

[Guest]

Unhide hidden files and folders, use Windows Explorer to do this. This will
unhide the folder and PST file and make it easier to get to. The PST file is
not in a folder marked PST. The previous poster gave you accurate information
on where to find it.

Scanpst.exe can be run as many times as it needs to. You would want to run
it until it finds no more errors.

The /cleanreminders switch is a good one. If you connect to an Exchange
server, try the /cleanfreebusy switch. Outlook switches list located here:

http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/commandlineswitches.htm

When posting, please include pertinent information such as Outlook version,
type of email account, whether or not you use a PST, and if you have seen any
error numbers/messages and what the exact wording of them are. This helps
others to start troubleshooting for you.

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the response. No luck. I did find the pst files for both Outlook
and Archives. I ran scanpst on both and it found errors in both. I repaired
them and ran it again with no errors. I also did go to the site with the
commands listing. I ran /cleanreminders several times. I also ran
/cleabfreebusy and /resetfolders. None of these solved the problem. I even
put in the install disk and ran the repair program on that.

I am using Outlook 2007, a pop email account with Comcast, not sure if I am
using a PST and the error message is as follows:

"There was a problem reading one or more of your reminders. Some of
reminders may not appear."

I think the whole problem started when I tried to copy some old address
books to my new computer. I must have deleted something.

Do I need to uninstall Outlook and reinstall? That would be a drag but if
that is what I have to do, I will. Any other thoughts?

 

[Guest]

Try Detect & Repair (from the Help Menu) but you will likely need your Office
CD.