Outlook 2007 appointment won't take a reminder

September 28, 2009 7:08 AM

When I set an Outlook 2007 all-day event (appointment) to recurring, it loses its reminder. I have tried /resetfolders and /cleanreminders switches as recommended on several websites.

Microsoft Office 2007 running on Windows XP SP3.

This problem seems to exist only for the all-day event type of appointment, such as a birthday. I have tried this troubleshooting: I set up a non-recurring appointment and set a reminder. That works.
Then when I make it recurring – weekly or annually, it doesn’t matter – the reminder disappears.

When I add the recurrence, I can actually see the reminder disappear from the Reminder Window when I save the appointment.

If I remove the recurrence, the reminder doesn’t come back – it seems to be gone forever.

This seems to be a relatively common problem, but I've yet to see a website where the problem-person actually says it has been solved (if the /resetfolders and /cleanreminders switches don't work).

posted by feelinggood to Computers & Internet (4 answers total)

Is this for standalone Outlook or within an Exchange organization?
posted by 8dot3 at 7:30 AM on September 28, 2009

Response by poster: This is standalone Outlook.
posted by feelinggood at 9:20 AM on September 28, 2009

Is this account syncing with anything external? Iphone, blackberry, google cal, whatever?
posted by 8dot3 at 8:09 PM on September 28, 2009

Response by poster: No. Not syncing with anything.
posted by feelinggood at 4:41 AM on September 29, 2009