Calendar reminder does not work even though it's turned on

What's not working at this point and what error do you get? I'm lost.

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Ken Slovak
[MVP - Outlook]
http://www.slovaktech.com
Author: Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options
http://www.slovaktech.com/products.htm


"troyhud" wrote in message
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I have tried changing the switches it sill will not work. What should I try
next?

Reminder message is not appearing.
The error message reads; "There was a problem reading one or more of your
reminders. Some reminders may not appear. Can not locate recurrence
information for this appointment."
Any help would be greatly appreciated.


"Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:

What's not working at this point and what error do you get? I'm lost.

--
Ken Slovak
[MVP - Outlook]
http://www.slovaktech.com
Author: Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options
http://www.slovaktech.com/products.htm


"troyhud" wrote in message
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I have tried changing the switches it sill will not work. What should I try
next?

And did you try using the startup switches /resetfolders and
/cleanreminders? You should be able to use those switches, without any
errors, and that should start Outlook.

If those switches don't work to resolve the problem you may have to try
creating a brand new profile and see if that works.

--
Ken Slovak
[MVP - Outlook]
http://www.slovaktech.com
Author: Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options
http://www.slovaktech.com/products.htm


"troyhud" wrote in message
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Reminder message is not appearing.
The error message reads; "There was a problem reading one or more of your
reminders. Some reminders may not appear. Can not locate recurrence
information for this appointment."
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hi Ken,
I see you've helped other users so I'm hoping you can help me. Although I
have pop-up reminders set in Outlook 2003, when another program is open,
e.g., Word, etc, they usually only appear in the task bar. Is there a way to
force pop-ups to appear on top of other programs and stay there until
dismissed/snoozed? Thanks!
Brad

"jagr" wrote:

Hello, your solution workd I think for part of the problem, which was
reminders would not hold flagged items. Now I need to insert in the run field
the correct/previoud string so that it will open without an error message on
the switch. What do I type to solve this?

Thanks, JR

"Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:

Many things can cause problems with the Outlook reminders service, it's hard
to say. Bad profiles, some synch software, phases of the moon... You pick

--
Ken Slovak
[MVP - Outlook]
http://www.slovaktech.com
Author: Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options
http://www.slovaktech.com/products.htm


"Kauwila" wrote in message
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A comment...I have been having the same problem since applying one of the
Windows updates (not sure which one). But I tried this and it worked!!! I
found it best to simply copy the directions (outlook.exe /resetfolders
/cleanreminders) and paste into the Run dialog.

What a relief! But what caused this?

No definitive way. The usual solution is to look for different display
drivers. Oddly that's the cause of the problem many times.

--
Ken Slovak
[MVP - Outlook]
http://www.slovaktech.com
Author: Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options
http://www.slovaktech.com/products.htm


"BeckBrad" wrote in message
...
Hi Ken,
I see you've helped other users so I'm hoping you can help me. Although I
have pop-up reminders set in Outlook 2003, when another program is open,
e.g., Word, etc, they usually only appear in the task bar. Is there a way
to
force pop-ups to appear on top of other programs and stay there until
dismissed/snoozed? Thanks!
Brad

Thank you for this information! This fixed a problem I was having with my
Reminder Service!

-Allen

"Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:

Try starting Outlook with the /resetfolders and /cleanreminders switches. In
the Start, Run dialog:

outlook.exe /resetfolders /cleanreminders

Then press Enter. See if that helps.

--
Ken Slovak
[MVP - Outlook]
http://www.slovaktech.com
Author: Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options
http://www.slovaktech.com/products.htm


"Bob" wrote in message
news
Even though my calendar reminder (and reminder.wav sound) is set to on,
none
of my reminders ever pop up on my screen. They used to work, but stopped
recently, and none of the help desk folks here on Robins AFB can seem to
fix
it. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hi Ken I have a problem that seems to be realted to this.
I am running Outlook 2002 and have started recieving "reminders" for
every mail that appears in my inbox. I can "Dismiss All" and then try
to delete the mail in the inbox. I then recieve a message telling me
that there are errors on my .pst file and I should run teh Inbox Repair
Tool. I run this after quiting Outlook and I am told that there are no
errors.

Returning to Outlook the same cycle repeats itself. Any ideas?

Did you try using the /cleanreminders and /resetfolders switches? You can
also try the /cleanfreebusy switch. I'd also try running scanpst.exe 3
times, alternating each time with a hard drive scanner. Sometimes that
helps.

--
Ken Slovak
[MVP - Outlook]
http://www.slovaktech.com
Author: Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options
http://www.slovaktech.com/products.htm


"Andy" wrote in message
oups.com...
Hi Ken I have a problem that seems to be realted to this.
I am running Outlook 2002 and have started recieving "reminders" for
every mail that appears in my inbox. I can "Dismiss All" and then try
to delete the mail in the inbox. I then recieve a message telling me
that there are errors on my .pst file and I should run teh Inbox Repair
Tool. I run this after quiting Outlook and I am told that there are no
errors.

Returning to Outlook the same cycle repeats itself. Any ideas?

Hi I tried the switches and ran the inbox repair tool 3 times but with
no joy. ANy other possibilities greatly appreciated.

Alternatively I could create a new profile and I guess try and export
the various folders independantly ( sent items, contacts etc,) until I
encounter a pronlem and undo that export/import as the damaged files
are found. Would that work?

If you've tried all that then a new profile is the way to go.

--
Ken Slovak
[MVP - Outlook]
http://www.slovaktech.com
Author: Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options
http://www.slovaktech.com/products.htm


"Andy" wrote in message
ps.com...
Hi I tried the switches and ran the inbox repair tool 3 times but with
no joy. ANy other possibilities greatly appreciated.

Alternatively I could create a new profile and I guess try and export
the various folders independantly ( sent items, contacts etc,) until I
encounter a pronlem and undo that export/import as the damaged files
are found. Would that work?