Help with Windows Calendar

I am using Windows Calendar with Vista Home Premium on a Dell Inspiron 1501.

I have various weekly appointments setup with reminders like running Disk Cleanup and a full McAfee scan. I also have one-time appointments set up with reminders.

Every month or so my Appointment reminders do not work.

When I realize that the appointments are not popping up, I open Windows Calendar and click on
an Appointment to open it. Then, I get a pop-up window with all the reminders
that should have fired earlier.

I am just about ready to look for another calendar product.

What is happening here?

Is the calendar app not being loaded for some reason?
How can I check to see if it is running when I start up my laptop?

(I am not sure if this matters, but I do not use MS Outlook at all. I think
there is a calendar in Outlook. I am using Windows Calendar from the Start
menu.)

I would appreciate some help. I cannot afford to miss an appointment
reminder.

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Answer

Praseetha K

Hi Marz_K,

• Have you installed any other Calendar Program on the system?

At this stage, I would recommend the following steps and check if it helps:

Step 1: Verify the Task Scheduler services

1. Click the "Start" Button, in "Start Search" box, type: "services.msc" (without quotes) and press Enter. If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.

2. Double click the service "Task Scheduler".

3. Click on the "General" tab; make sure the "Startup Type" is "Automatic" or "Manual". Then click the "Start" button under "Service Status" to start the service.

Step 2: Check the appointment

1. Click Start, type “taskschd.msc” in Start Search box, and press Enter.

2. In the left panel, navigate to Task Scheduler->Microsoft->Windows->Windows Calendar.

3. Please check if the appointments are listed in the Windows Calendar window.

4. If so, double click on one appointment, and check the Actions tab. Please be sure that Windows Calendar has been set properly as an action.

If the above steps don’t work, then the issue may be due to corrupted Windows Calendar reminder files in Task Scheduler.

You may also try the following steps to solve this issue:

Step 3: Recreate Windows Calendar Folder

1. Click on the Start, type "Task Scheduler" (without quotes) in the Start Search box and press Enter.

2. On the left pane, please navigate to:

Task Scheduler Library->Microsoft->Windows->Windows Calendar

3. In the middle pane, please delete all items from the computer.

4. Then delete the Windows Calendar folder on the left pane.

5. Close Task Scheduler and restart the computer.

6. Then please open Task Scheduler again. Please navigate to:

Task Scheduler Library->Microsoft->Windows

7. Right click the Windows folder and choose “New Folder”. Please re-create a folder called WindowsCalendar.

8. Please restart the computer.

9. Open Windows Calendar and setup a new appointment.

Hope this information is helpful.

Praseetha K
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