Windows Calendar disappeared from Win7

[Cal Learner]

I recently installed Microsoft Office Professional 2007 onto my
Win7. I just went to launch my calendar, and I find Windows Calendar
disappeared as a choice from my start menu. I could not find it with
a search from the box on the Start menu, and I could not find it in
the Accessories folder.

Searching, I found that *.ics is the filetype for Windows Calendar.
So I searched for *.ics on my drive, and I launched the found data
file. That action brought up Outlook's calendar. I infer Outlook
removed Windows Calendar.

What do I have to do to get Windows Calendar back? What should I
have done to avoid that. Can Outlook coexist on a machine with
Windows Calendar?

I know that the Outlook Calendar is powerful, but I don't want to
share my calendar. I like the simpler version. I could use the
Outlook Calendar with some work, but it seems that Outlook wants to
take over other functions too. I thought it would be interesting to
take a look at Outlook, but it is more dominant than I expected.

Should I ask this in a different group instead?

Thanks.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

Don't you need to install Windows Live Mail to get the calendar client in
Win7? (They don't include a mail or news client in win7 either.)

And yes, once the live mail client is installed, it will coexist nicely with
outlook - although if you aren't going to use outlook, I'd recommend
uninstalling it.

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[Cal Learner]

Don't you need to install Windows Live Mail to get the calendar client in
Win7? (They don't include a mail or news client in win7 either.)

I guess I had not tried checking the calendar since installing Win7.
I was thinking the only thing I had lost was Poker, plus having to
work hard to restore quick launch. Thanks for the info. I will
have to read up on "Windows Live Mail". "Live" sounds like a web
application, but I guess it's a real stand-alone program.

And yes, once the live mail client is installed, it will coexist nicely with
outlook - although if you aren't going to use outlook, I'd recommend
uninstalling it.

If it doesn't run anything when I don't start it, then it should be
OK. I sometimes have things on the computer that I occasionally fire
up to experiment with. But if it is not going to stay inactive
unless I ask it to act, then I should uninstall. There does not
appear to be an uninstall in the "Uninstall or change a program" in
the control panel for Outlook-- only Microsoft Office Professional
2007.

Thanks.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

"Live" sounds like a web

application, but I guess it's a real stand-alone program.

Maybe in the real world... but when it comes to Microsoft and program names,
all logic flies out the window. It is a very OE/Mail-like replacement
for OE and Mail.

You can leave outlook installed if you want - as long as the autoupdates
don't reset it to the default mail client, you'll never notice it.

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