Reminders

[Larry H.]

I added the Reminders Window (from Customize, Commands, View) but the
Reminders do not fire at all. Please tell me how to fix this. Thank you.

 

[Christian Goeller]

Larry H., you wrote on Thu, 15 Dec 2005 18:25:21 -0600:

I added the Reminders Window (from Customize, Commands, View) but the
Reminders do not fire at all. Please tell me how to fix this. Thank you.

Start Outlook once with the parameter /cleanreminders

Start | Run | outlook.exe /cleanreminders

 

[Larry H.]

Hi Christian,

I went to Start | Run and typed in outlook.exe/cleanreminders which opened
Outlook. From there I clicked on Reminders Window and it was blank. I closed
and reopened Outlook, clicked on Reminders Window again and the Reminders
Window was still blank. Any other ideas?

 

[Brian Tillman]

I went to Start | Run and typed in outlook.exe/cleanreminders

This would not work if you typed it exactly as you show. There must be a
space between "outlook.exe" and "/cleanreminders". See
http://www.howto-outlook.com/Howto/commandlineswitches.htm

 

[Brian Tillman]

I added the Reminders Window (from Customize, Commands, View) but the
Reminders do not fire at all.

Are your reminders in your default folders? Reminders in non-default
folders don't work.

 

[Larry H.]

Maybe that is the problem. I do see "For follow up" which currently has 4
follow ups and do fire correctly. However in the Contacts folder I put
Reminders in various Contacts to be remind me to follow up at a later
date/time. Since they are only useful if Outlook is open with me in front of
it when they fire, I was hoping there was a way to see them all at
once...especially on days when I am in and out of the office. Oh well, maybe
a future version...

 

[Brian Tillman]

Maybe that is the problem. I do see "For follow up" which currently
has 4 follow ups and do fire correctly.

Well, the "For Follow Up" folder is a search folder, not a real folder. It
points at items that are in real folders and if those folders are in your
default delivery location, reminders should work.

However in the Contacts
folder I put Reminders in various Contacts to be remind me to follow
up at a later date/time.

Reminders in Contacts, as long as it's your delivery location Contacts,
should work as well, but reminders are time-based and won't display in the
Reminders window unless they have come due.

 

[Larry H.]

Thanks for the clarification Brian. What I wanted to be able to do was
review all the reminders in one location (Reminders Window) to see a
schedule of them for times when I would NOT be in front of Outlook when they
"fired". For example, if I were suddenly called into a meeting I would like
to be able to quickly see all reminders for the next hour or so. That's why
I ended the last message with maybe a future version...