Restoring reminders

I have an issue regarding Reminders. Server is Exchange 5.5 and the client is
Outlook XP.

The problem: For some reason, a user has lost all of his reminders. When he
first starts up Outlook the reminders are gone although the window pops up
without error.
The entries are still listed in the calendar. The user states that he did
not Dismiss or Dismiss All. He does have a mailbox that is 1.5GB (don't ask)
so I wass wondering if corruption could be a problem.

I would like to know if there is a way to restore these reminders. If there
was a way to go through the Calendar and and have it identify the original
Reminders set for the event and recreate the Reminder in the pop-up view that
would be ideal. If it is necessary to go through them by hand that will do
but I would need to know how to take existing appointments and re-add them to
the Reminders view.

I have already tried the /resetfolders switch to no avail.

Thank you.

Have you tried the /cleanreminders switch?

--
Patricia Cardoza
Outlook MVP
Author - Special Edition Using Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
Lead Author - Access 2003 VBA Programmer's Reference
Author - Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft OneNote 2003

http://blogs.officezealot.com/cardoza
http://www.cardozasolutions.com

"Bill Smith" Bill wrote in message
...
I have an issue regarding Reminders. Server is Exchange 5.5 and the client
is
Outlook XP.

The problem: For some reason, a user has lost all of his reminders. When
he
first starts up Outlook the reminders are gone although the window pops up
without error.
The entries are still listed in the calendar. The user states that he did
not Dismiss or Dismiss All. He does have a mailbox that is 1.5GB (don't
ask)
so I wass wondering if corruption could be a problem.

I would like to know if there is a way to restore these reminders. If
there
was a way to go through the Calendar and and have it identify the original
Reminders set for the event and recreate the Reminder in the pop-up view
that
would be ideal. If it is necessary to go through them by hand that will do
but I would need to know how to take existing appointments and re-add them
to
the Reminders view.

I have already tried the /resetfolders switch to no avail.

Thank you.

No I have not as I thought this switch would remove all Reminders.

What is the expected result of the /cleanreminders switch?

Thank you.

"Patricia Cardoza [Outlook MVP]" wrote:

Have you tried the /cleanreminders switch?

--
Patricia Cardoza
Outlook MVP
Author - Special Edition Using Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
Lead Author - Access 2003 VBA Programmer's Reference
Author - Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft OneNote 2003

http://blogs.officezealot.com/cardoza
http://www.cardozasolutions.com

"Bill Smith" Bill wrote in message
...
I have an issue regarding Reminders. Server is Exchange 5.5 and the client
is
Outlook XP.

The problem: For some reason, a user has lost all of his reminders. When
he
first starts up Outlook the reminders are gone although the window pops up
without error.
The entries are still listed in the calendar. The user states that he did
not Dismiss or Dismiss All. He does have a mailbox that is 1.5GB (don't
ask)
so I wass wondering if corruption could be a problem.

I would like to know if there is a way to restore these reminders. If
there
was a way to go through the Calendar and and have it identify the original
Reminders set for the event and recreate the Reminder in the pop-up view
that
would be ideal. If it is necessary to go through them by hand that will do
but I would need to know how to take existing appointments and re-add them
to
the Reminders view.

I have already tried the /resetfolders switch to no avail.

Thank you.

This will fix corrupt reminders. It will not remove them all.

--
Patricia Cardoza
Outlook MVP
Author - Special Edition Using Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
Lead Author - Access 2003 VBA Programmer's Reference
Author - Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft OneNote 2003

http://blogs.officezealot.com/cardoza
http://www.cardozasolutions.com

"Bill Smith" wrote in message
...
No I have not as I thought this switch would remove all Reminders.

What is the expected result of the /cleanreminders switch?

Thank you.

"Patricia Cardoza [Outlook MVP]" wrote:

Have you tried the /cleanreminders switch?

--
Patricia Cardoza
Outlook MVP
Author - Special Edition Using Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
Lead Author - Access 2003 VBA Programmer's Reference
Author - Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft OneNote 2003

http://blogs.officezealot.com/cardoza
http://www.cardozasolutions.com

"Bill Smith" Bill wrote in message
...
I have an issue regarding Reminders. Server is Exchange 5.5 and the
client
is
Outlook XP.

The problem: For some reason, a user has lost all of his reminders.
When
he
first starts up Outlook the reminders are gone although the window pops
up
without error.
The entries are still listed in the calendar. The user states that he
did
not Dismiss or Dismiss All. He does have a mailbox that is 1.5GB (don't
ask)
so I wass wondering if corruption could be a problem.

I would like to know if there is a way to restore these reminders. If
there
was a way to go through the Calendar and and have it identify the
original
Reminders set for the event and recreate the Reminder in the pop-up
view
that
would be ideal. If it is necessary to go through them by hand that will
do
but I would need to know how to take existing appointments and re-add
them
to
the Reminders view.

I have already tried the /resetfolders switch to no avail.

Thank you.

after you perform the fix, what do you type in tun so that it will run as
before. now I have to use run all the time to open outlook.
thanks in advance

"Patricia Cardoza [Outlook MVP]" wrote:

Have you tried the /cleanreminders switch?

--
Patricia Cardoza
Outlook MVP
Author - Special Edition Using Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
Lead Author - Access 2003 VBA Programmer's Reference
Author - Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft OneNote 2003

http://blogs.officezealot.com/cardoza
http://www.cardozasolutions.com

"Bill Smith" Bill wrote in message
...
I have an issue regarding Reminders. Server is Exchange 5.5 and the client
is
Outlook XP.

The problem: For some reason, a user has lost all of his reminders. When
he
first starts up Outlook the reminders are gone although the window pops up
without error.
The entries are still listed in the calendar. The user states that he did
not Dismiss or Dismiss All. He does have a mailbox that is 1.5GB (don't
ask)
so I wass wondering if corruption could be a problem.

I would like to know if there is a way to restore these reminders. If
there
was a way to go through the Calendar and and have it identify the original
Reminders set for the event and recreate the Reminder in the pop-up view
that
would be ideal. If it is necessary to go through them by hand that will do
but I would need to know how to take existing appointments and re-add them
to
the Reminders view.

I have already tried the /resetfolders switch to no avail.

Thank you.