[RESOLVED] microsoft works 9.0 calendar reminder problems

[imanetter2]

This is the first time I ever had problems with works calendar. I am new on Vista Home Premium use. I bought a new computer with Vista installed on it. The calendar was installed, also. I use the calendar religiously for all of my appointments, etc. I have noticed, after creating a reminder that should pop up in the next few days, it doesn't appear. I fill out the reminder title, the start date and end date where I want it, and check 1 day as my reminder time as I always have done. When I had XP in my old computer, as soon as I turn on the computer for the day, any scheduled reminder would pop up after the operating system loaded. Even, if I needed to re-boot during the day, it would again pop up as soon as the operating system was loaded again. In Vista, the only time the pop up reminders appear is if I open the calendar manually. The version is 9.0, 2007 Microsoft Corporation. Can anyone tell me why it doesn't do the pop up reminder the right way? This defeats the purpose of the reason why anyone uses the reminders in the first place.

[Steve R Jones]

Have you gone through the calendar settings with a fine tooth comb? Odds are there is some sort of "load when windows starts" type of option that you need to enable.

[imanetter2]

I did go through the settings with a fine tooth comb and I found what was wrong. The shortcut to the Works Calendar Reminder in the startup programs folder somehow got messed up. When I clicked on it, it said that it was searching for the shortcut, etc. So I deleted it and created another shortcut off the icon in the Works program folder into startup programs folder and now I'm good to go. Thanks Steve! You saved the day.