Calendar reminders

All I can find under calendar in windows vista is new task. have no idea how
to proceed from there. can you help?
--
Jackie


"Jon" wrote:

> Calendar reminders are set via a scheduled task in Task Scheduler, so look
> at the properties of the task in Task Scheduler if there's a problem with
> it. The history tab will show if there's been any errors.
>
>
> --
> Jon
>
>
> "Jackie" <Jackie.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:D32DEC3F-FC52-424C-B3BF-497EF8FD35E4@microsoft.com...
> > This has been going on for a year now. Will Windows ever fix it?
> > --
> > Jackie
> >
> >
> > "lee" wrote:
> >
> >> I have the sam question.
> >> If any body gets it, please let me know.
> >> thank you so much
> >>
> >> "Jackie" wrote:
> >>
> >> > Did you ever find out how to do this?
> >> > --
> >> > Jackie
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > "Chris Rothe" wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > Has anybody heard if there's any progress on getting Windows Calendar
> >> > > reminders to show when the calendar isn't running?
> >> > >
>
>

Hi all. I'm new here, and only really registered because I wanted to
reply to this post. So I apologize in advance if either this question
has already been answered elsewhere, or I break some rule or something.
I believe I have stumbled across a fix. It helps to understand what
exactly Windows Calendar is doing behind the scenes to handle reminders.

As previously stated, Windows Calendar makes use of Task Scheduler to
handle its reminders when the calendar is closed. Under the
WindowsCalendar folder, you can see your existing scheduled tasks for
Windows Calendar: at most, there should be one with the name "Reminders
- <-username->". Here, in a nutshell, is how events should occur:

1) User opens calendar
2) Calendar checks for any existing scheduled tasks and deletes them
(there's no point in having a scheduled task if the calendar is open)
3) User closes calendar
4) On the calendar's way out, it scans itself for the next upcoming
event, and creates a new scheduled task to handle the reminder.
5) Scheduled task runs the calendar
6) Loop back to step 2

The problem that myself and I believe other users are having is that
there is an existing scheduled task that the calendar is having problems
deleting (I don't know why this is happening, but if someone else wants
to find out, I'd be all ears). Since it can't delete it, it can't make a
new one on exit, because it wants to make one with the same name as an
existing task (akin to creating 2 files with the same name in the same
location).

To see if this is your problem open up Task Scheduler, navigate to the
WindowsCalendar folder, and see if you have an existing task with the
name "Reminders - <-username->". If so, click on it, then click on the
Triggers tab. You should see 2 triggers: 1 at log on, and another for an
exact date/time. If that date/time is in the past, then you appear to
have the same issue I did.

So the fix:

1) Close Windows Calendar if it is open
2) Delete any existing scheduled tasks that appear in the
WindowsCalendar folder of Task Scheduler
3) Open Windows Calendar
4) Close Windows Calendar

Go back to Task Scheduler, right click on the WindowsCalendar folder
and click Refresh. You should see a new scheduled task set up to handle
your next upcoming reminder. Hope this helps.

Again, if anyone can figure out what is causing the existing task from
getting deleted on exit, please post back. It would help to avoid this
problem in the future.


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bipolarcurious
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Thanks so much for being curious! Really made more sense when you described
it in full. The reason most of us are here is that we need detailed answers.
If we understood our problem, we wouldn't need this venue! thanks again,
Grams

"bipolarcurious" wrote:

>
> Hi all. I'm new here, and only really registered because I wanted to
> reply to this post. So I apologize in advance if either this question
> has already been answered elsewhere, or I break some rule or something.
> I believe I have stumbled across a fix. It helps to understand what
> exactly Windows Calendar is doing behind the scenes to handle reminders.
>
> As previously stated, Windows Calendar makes use of Task Scheduler to
> handle its reminders when the calendar is closed. Under the
> WindowsCalendar folder, you can see your existing scheduled tasks for
> Windows Calendar: at most, there should be one with the name "Reminders
> - <-username->". Here, in a nutshell, is how events should occur:
>
> 1) User opens calendar
> 2) Calendar checks for any existing scheduled tasks and deletes them
> (there's no point in having a scheduled task if the calendar is open)
> 3) User closes calendar
> 4) On the calendar's way out, it scans itself for the next upcoming
> event, and creates a new scheduled task to handle the reminder.
> 5) Scheduled task runs the calendar
> 6) Loop back to step 2
>
> The problem that myself and I believe other users are having is that
> there is an existing scheduled task that the calendar is having problems
> deleting (I don't know why this is happening, but if someone else wants
> to find out, I'd be all ears). Since it can't delete it, it can't make a
> new one on exit, because it wants to make one with the same name as an
> existing task (akin to creating 2 files with the same name in the same
> location).
>
> To see if this is your problem open up Task Scheduler, navigate to the
> WindowsCalendar folder, and see if you have an existing task with the
> name "Reminders - <-username->". If so, click on it, then click on the
> Triggers tab. You should see 2 triggers: 1 at log on, and another for an
> exact date/time. If that date/time is in the past, then you appear to
> have the same issue I did.
>
> So the fix:
>
> 1) Close Windows Calendar if it is open
> 2) Delete any existing scheduled tasks that appear in the
> WindowsCalendar folder of Task Scheduler
> 3) Open Windows Calendar
> 4) Close Windows Calendar
>
> Go back to Task Scheduler, right click on the WindowsCalendar folder
> and click Refresh. You should see a new scheduled task set up to handle
> your next upcoming reminder. Hope this helps.
>
> Again, if anyone can figure out what is causing the existing task from
> getting deleted on exit, please post back. It would help to avoid this
> problem in the future.
>
>
> --
> bipolarcurious
> Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com
>
>

How do we find out whether Microsoft is aware of, and addressing this problem?

"Chris Rothe" wrote:

> Has anybody heard if there's any progress on getting Windows Calendar
> reminders to show when the calendar isn't running?
>

It sounds like your Task Scheduler service has been disabled
Click Start
and type
Services
and press enter,
When it opens,
Look for Task Scheduler and see if it is set to start automatically
and has started.


--
James M Driscoll Jr
MCTS (Vista)
Spaceman


"jmaize" <jmaize RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E3A943B3-F679-4FC4-A001-E6A76E9CDA24@microsoft.com...
> How do we find out whether Microsoft is aware of, and addressing this
> problem?
>
> "Chris Rothe" wrote:
>
>> Has anybody heard if there's any progress on getting Windows Calendar
>> reminders to show when the calendar isn't running?
>>