how do I repair the outlook reminder file?

[DB]

I'm running Outlook 2007 on Windows Vista Business Edition. When I start
Outlook I get the message, "There was a problem reading one or more of your
reminders. Your reminders may not display properly."

The reminders do show up in the calendar, but do not pop up 15 minutes prior
to their time.

This problem was not repaired by either the /resetfolders or /cleanreminders
switches. There does not appear to be an scanpst.exe inbox repair tool in
Vista or Outlook 2007. Starting in safe mode produces the same error.

I do not use a PDA or synch with any other device.

Strange note: when I exported the pst file for use on an older laptop,
running XP and Outlook 2007, while this one was being repaired, the pst file
and reminders worked fine.

Any suggestions would be appreciated. It's an annoying, but not fatal problem.

 

[Brian Tillman]

I'm running Outlook 2007 on Windows Vista Business Edition. When I
start Outlook I get the message, "There was a problem reading one or
more of your reminders. Your reminders may not display properly."

The reminders do show up in the calendar, but do not pop up 15
minutes prior to their time.

This problem was not repaired by either the /resetfolders or
/cleanreminders switches. There does not appear to be an scanpst.exe
inbox repair tool in Vista or Outlook 2007. Starting in safe mode
produces the same error.

SCANPST.EXE is located in %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Office12

Strange note: when I exported the pst file for use on an older laptop,
running XP and Outlook 2007, while this one was being repaired, the
pst file and reminders worked fine.

Exporting and importing always loses data. Perhaps the error-causing data
was "lost" as well. Have you tried creating a new mail profile to see if
that helps?

 

[Brian Tillman]

I'm running Outlook 2007 on Windows Vista Business Edition. When I
start Outlook I get the message, "There was a problem reading one or
more of your reminders. Your reminders may not display properly."

Oh, something else to try as well. See this page:
http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/deletereadreceipt.htm
In the second picture on that page, the MDBVU32 tool shows the Reminders
folder. Using that tool, select that folder and clear out the reminders
that may be there. Then try the /cleanreminders command switch.

 

[DB]

Thank you for the responses. I've tried both solutions, SCANPST and the
search for a stuck read receipt.
1. Scanpst initially found errors, fixed them, and on a second scan reported
no errors. However, even after running with the /resetfolders and
/cleanreminders switches, the problem was unsolved.

2. The tool did not detect a stuck read receipt (the middle pane was empty.)

I'm considering a reinstall of Office 2007 as my next option. If you have
any other suggestions, I'd love to hear them.

One other bizarre glitch, which may or may not be affected. I've had
intermittent problems with hotmail accounts that are included in my mail runs
(I have two, neither of which is set for outlook connector, but both of which
intermittently report that they can't synchronize headers - my workaround has
been to delete the account and then reinstall it, after which it works fine
for a while...then the problem recurs, apparently randomly.)

On the create a new profile option, I'm not sure what you mean. As in, a new
mail account?

Thanks for your patience.

 

[Brian Tillman]

On the create a new profile option, I'm not sure what you mean. As
in, a new mail account?

That's not what I mean. See this:
http://www.howto-outlook.com/faq/newprofile.htm