Anyone seen Outlook stop displaying reminders?

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I had this twice.

After some "Aaaaarhhgs" and "|#@{[^@[#{!!!!!", I finally found it that this occurs when you have 2 Outlook's running or 2 clients on the same outlook exe.

I didn't know it at the time, but it seems as Google Desktop starts, it starts outlook (because of a certain plugin) and when I then start outlook, I never got reminder popup (neither could I access my calendar, nor create nor edit, actually).

I presume there are 100s of other programs out there that access Outlook, so it doesn't have to be Google Desktop.

Solution:
1. Close MS. Outlook (possibly other programs accessing it)
2. Press CTRL+ALT+DELETE (Windows Task Manager)
3. Goto "Processes" TAB
4. Search for any "outlook.exe" and end it (Enter, double click or "End process")
5. First start outlook now before any other programs.

Valid point.

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Post #264,319 by drewk 8/9/06 4:33:21 PM Reply	Anyone seen Outlook stop displaying reminders? I've got Outlook in my Startup folder. This morning when I booted, it came up but there were no reminders. (I usually have one or two recurring items that I have set to go off first thing in the morning.) I've tried turning reminders on and off, set them in the past, set them 10 minutes in the future, nothing is coming up. I had this happen once before, and had a network guy tell me it looked like it was because there were two Exchange servers, one of them had my reminders, but I was currently connected to the other one. This sounded like a horrible architecture problem if true, and would cause problems for lots of people all the time. So has anyone else seen this? Got anything I can look for? === Purveyor of Doc Hope's [link\|http://DocHope.com\|fresh-baked dog biscuits and pet treats]. [link\|http://DocHope.com\|http://DocHope.com]
Post #264,321 by hnick 8/9/06 4:45:50 PM Reply	Might try this: Get a cmd window. type: outlook.exe /cleanreminders outlook.exe /cleansniff Then check to see if your reminders are working. This may or may not work. Good luck...
Post #264,323 by drewk 8/9/06 4:53:05 PM Reply	SWEET! Thanks === Purveyor of Doc Hope's [link\|http://DocHope.com\|fresh-baked dog biscuits and pet treats]. [link\|http://DocHope.com\|http://DocHope.com]
Post #264,326 by SpiceWare 8/9/06 5:45:05 PM 8/9/06 5:45:57 PM Reply	Yep I documented in our helpdesk software. Here's MS's help page on it, they mention a /resetfolders option if the /cleanreminders doesn't work: [link\|http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;286166\|Outlook Calendar and Task reminders do not appear as expected in Outlook 2002 and Outlook 2003] Darrell Spice, Jr. Trendy yet complex\nPeople seek me out - though they're not sure why\n[link\|http://spiceware.org/gallery/ArtisticOverpass\|Artistic Overpass] [link\|http://www.spiceware.org/\|SpiceWare] Edited by SpiceWare Aug. 9, 2006, 05:45:57 PM EDT Expand All History
Post #264,382 by Silverlock 8/10/06 11:24:59 AM Reply	/cleanreminders followed by /resetfolders; our standard fix ----------------------------------------- Impeach Bush. Impeach Cheney. Do it now.
Post #291,183 by RUBn 8/20/07 8:00:26 AM Reply	Re: Anyone seen Outlook stop displaying reminders? I had this twice. After some "Aaaaarhhgs" and "\|#@{[^@[#{!!!!!", I finally found it that this occurs when you have 2 Outlook's running or 2 clients on the same outlook exe. I didn't know it at the time, but it seems as Google Desktop starts, it starts outlook (because of a certain plugin) and when I then start outlook, I never got reminder popup (neither could I access my calendar, nor create nor edit, actually). I presume there are 100s of other programs out there that access Outlook, so it doesn't have to be Google Desktop. Solution: 1. Close MS. Outlook (possibly other programs accessing it) 2. Press CTRL+ALT+DELETE (Windows Task Manager) 3. Goto "Processes" TAB 4. Search for any "outlook.exe" and end it (Enter, double click or "End process") 5. First start outlook now before any other programs. [link\|http://www.e-builds.com\|e-builds web development and solutions] at your service. ;-)
Post #291,188 by crazy 8/20/07 10:56:25 AM Reply	Better late than never Hi. You have a typo on your web site. I'm pretty sure you don't want me to add you to my "thrusted" site. Not that I'd add you to trusted, either, especially since I'm running Firefox under Linux (no active-x here), but what the hell, I figure I'd tell you. How'd you end up here?
Post #292,019 by RUBn 8/31/07 8:12:00 AM Reply	Re: Better late than never You have a typo on your web site. Oh well, my site justh changed and I am sure ith's sthill full of thypos. I justh ain'th goth thhe thime. :-) But thanks for the gesture! Yeah, ActiveX, that's what the Flash plugin is called in IE. Sorry to the FF users (including myself :-) ). How'd you end up here? I am not even sure what "here" means, just found this question via Google and was in a good mood to post some solution I found before (when looking and not finding it).
Post #292,029 by imqwerky 8/31/07 10:46:49 AM Reply	Welcome to the Party Jump in anytime! Smile, Amy
Post #292,054 by crazy 8/31/07 7:40:39 PM Reply	"Here" Valid point. Our little corner of cyberspace. Mostly tech focused guys with occasional rants all over the place. A couple of women, not real techie but at least competent users. Except sluggie, who puts most of us to shame on the tech side. Physically hosted somewhere in the mid-west USA, run by our Admin as a labor of love (god know he ain't gettin paid for it), with about (hmm) 2 dozen regular posters, and probably hundreds of lurkers. Unix/Linux geeks for the most part, with 1 hard core Windows person. Laptop/Desktop of choice is typically a Mac, but most of us deal with a bunch of stuff professionally. I prefer Linux/KDE on the desktop, my Mac laptop is gathering dust, and my VMWare ESX box runs most of my world. I rdesktop in a Win2.3K server on it for my Win desktop. Democrat/Liberal leaning (or so it seems), but with a few right wing devil's advocates, and at least 1 absolute whack job. Most of the regulars have met face to face, and some of us have travelled across the world (England, Australia) to the US for it. And you? What's your story (if you care to share)?
Post #292,060 by Nightowl 9/1/07 3:20:03 AM Reply	Am I the 1 hardcore Windows person? If not, I'm #2.. :) Brenda "When you take charge of your life, there is no longer need to ask permission of other people or society at large. When you ask permission, you give someone veto power over your life." -- By Geoffrey F. Abert ************************** "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind, don't matter - and those who matter, don't mind." -- By Dr. Seuss ******************************* "Sometimes it takes a whole lot more strength to walk away than to stand there and fight." -- By the character of John Abbott: said on Young & Restless on 5/19/06 *******************************
Post #292,063 by boxley 9/1/07 10:13:15 AM Reply	you dont look like an andrea Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari? Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free american and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 51 years. meep reach me at [link\|mailto:bill.oxley@cox.net\|mailto:bill.oxley@cox.net]
Post #292,064 by crazy 9/1/07 10:58:21 AM Reply	Sorry, no Nor are you #2 or in the count at all. You are a non-tech semi competent user. You are also crazy, yet somewhat entertaining. Usually like watching a slow-mo train wreck.
Post #292,440 by Nightowl 9/6/07 5:50:32 PM 9/6/07 9:38:30 PM Reply	I also use vi. ;) Edit: Changed VI to vi lowercase. ;) "When you take charge of your life, there is no longer need to ask permission of other people or society at large. When you ask permission, you give someone veto power over your life." -- By Geoffrey F. Abert ************************** "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind, don't matter - and those who matter, don't mind." -- By Dr. Seuss ******************************* "Sometimes it takes a whole lot more strength to walk away than to stand there and fight." -- By the character of John Abbott: said on Young & Restless on 5/19/06 ******************************* Edited by Nightowl Sept. 6, 2007, 09:38:30 PM EDT Expand All History
Post #292,452 by boxley 9/6/07 9:35:00 PM Reply	what do you use 6 for? Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari? Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free american and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 51 years. meep reach me at [link\|mailto:bill.oxley@cox.net\|mailto:bill.oxley@cox.net]
Post #292,453 by Nightowl 9/6/07 9:37:51 PM 9/6/07 9:39:08 PM Reply	Heheeh! Smartaleck! ;P Don't worry, I fixed it. :) "When you take charge of your life, there is no longer need to ask permission of other people or society at large. When you ask permission, you give someone veto power over your life." -- By Geoffrey F. Abert ************************** "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind, don't matter - and those who matter, don't mind." -- By Dr. Seuss ******************************* "Sometimes it takes a whole lot more strength to walk away than to stand there and fight." -- By the character of John Abbott: said on Young & Restless on 5/19/06 ******************************* Edited by Nightowl Sept. 6, 2007, 09:39:08 PM EDT Expand All History
Post #292,088 by pwhysall 9/1/07 7:47:25 PM Reply	Do you have your own DC? Peter [link\|http://www.no2id.net/\|Don't Let The Terrorists Win] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Home] Use P2P for legitimate purposes! [link\|http://kevan.org/brain.cgi?pwhysall\|A better terminal emulator] [image\|http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h262/pwhysall/Misc/saveus.png\|0\|Darwinia\|\|]
Post #292,093 by crazy 9/1/07 8:30:15 PM 9/1/07 8:31:19 PM Reply	I was waiting for you to step in Like she knows what a DC is. And is the term even used anymore with ADS, or was it previously PDC and BDC, and now it is just DC? Edited by crazy Sept. 1, 2007, 08:31:19 PM EDT Expand All History
Post #292,095 by imqwerky 9/1/07 8:37:32 PM Reply	Sure she has one His name is John :-) Smile, Amy
Post #292,096 by crazy 9/1/07 8:40:35 PM Reply	oh...oh...oh Very good
Post #292,098 by imqwerky 9/1/07 8:43:26 PM Reply	Thank yew, thank yew verah muuuuuch Smile, Amy
Post #292,102 by pwhysall 9/1/07 9:34:30 PM 9/1/07 9:52:00 PM Reply	It was the "hardcore" thing. ADS = DC NT domains = PDC/BDC In ADS DCs are all equal, although there is the FSMO consideration. Peter [link\|http://www.no2id.net/\|Don't Let The Terrorists Win] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Home] Use P2P for legitimate purposes! [link\|http://kevan.org/brain.cgi?pwhysall\|A better terminal emulator] [image\|http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h262/pwhysall/Misc/saveus.png\|0\|Darwinia\|\|] Edited by pwhysall Sept. 1, 2007, 09:52:00 PM EDT Expand All History
Post #292,442 by Nightowl 9/6/07 6:33:28 PM Reply	Nope, I'm not on a network I have no need for a domain controller, primary or otherwise. ;) Brenda "When you take charge of your life, there is no longer need to ask permission of other people or society at large. When you ask permission, you give someone veto power over your life." -- By Geoffrey F. Abert ************************** "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind, don't matter - and those who matter, don't mind." -- By Dr. Seuss ******************************* "Sometimes it takes a whole lot more strength to walk away than to stand there and fight." -- By the character of John Abbott: said on Young & Restless on 5/19/06 *******************************
Post #292,080 by CRConrad 9/1/07 5:54:28 PM Reply	You could up the "hard core Windows person" count to 2 or 3. PeeWee, Andrea Dear, Altmann... Which one of them was your "1"? Just wondering. And yeah, Brenda babe, you're not really "hard core" anything AFAICS. Owlets are far too soft for that. :-) [link\|mailto:MyUserId@MyISP.CountryCode\|Christian R. Conrad] (I live in Finland, and my e-mail in-box is at the Saunalahti company.) Ah, the Germans: Masters of Convoluted Simplification. — [link\|http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=1603\|Jehovah]
Post #292,087 by crazy 9/1/07 7:46:38 PM Reply	Nope Mere knowledge of it does not make someone hardcore. In most cases, the more knowledge leans people to disliking it more. I only consider blind allegiance no matter what to be "hardcore", and I only know of one person here that fits that description.
Post #292,441 by Nightowl 9/6/07 5:57:06 PM 9/6/07 6:16:29 PM Reply	Hardclaw. ;) And yeah, Brenda babe, you're not really "hard core" anything AFAICS. Owlets are far too soft for that. :-) Maybe our feathers are, but not our claws. ;) Brenda "When you take charge of your life, there is no longer need to ask permission of other people or society at large. When you ask permission, you give someone veto power over your life." -- By Geoffrey F. Abert ************************** "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind, don't matter - and those who matter, don't mind." -- By Dr. Seuss ******************************* "Sometimes it takes a whole lot more strength to walk away than to stand there and fight." -- By the character of John Abbott: said on Young & Restless on 5/19/06 ******************************* Edited by Nightowl Sept. 6, 2007, 06:16:29 PM EDT Expand All History
Post #291,197 by boxley 8/20/07 12:19:37 PM Reply	welcome! Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari? Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free american and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 51 years. meep reach me at [link\|mailto:bill.oxley@cox.net\|mailto:bill.oxley@cox.net]

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