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.

 

[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...