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Hi, VanguardLH
You are correct, "Wkcalrem.exe" ran at start-up automatically, meaning that
any reminders were displayed routinely as soon as windows loaded.
Sounds like minimising Outlook to the notification area will achieve the
same function, but I can't find how to do this. The help files only explain
how to banish the icon from the notification area, not how to leave it there
and banish the taskbar button!
Once I've achieved this, do I have to re-do it on each boot, because that
was the convenience of "Wkcalrem.exe"?
How do I "re-awaken" Outlook, or don't I need to - just use the icon in the
notification area?
six-h
"VanguardLH" wrote:
You are correct, "Wkcalrem.exe" ran at start-up automatically, meaning that
any reminders were displayed routinely as soon as windows loaded.
Sounds like minimising Outlook to the notification area will achieve the
same function, but I can't find how to do this. The help files only explain
how to banish the icon from the notification area, not how to leave it there
and banish the taskbar button!
Once I've achieved this, do I have to re-do it on each boot, because that
was the convenience of "Wkcalrem.exe"?
How do I "re-awaken" Outlook, or don't I need to - just use the icon in the
notification area?
six-h
"VanguardLH" wrote:
> six-h wrote:
>
> You accept the logic and then you refute the logic. As you had back in
> XP, you had some program running that did the calendaring function. It
> ran as a background process either as a startup item or an NT service.
> From what I've found through a Google search, MS Works left wkcalrem.exe
> running as a background process to do the calendar alerts. So, again,
> something had to be left running to do something, like the calendar
> alerts you mentioned. Outlook doesn't provide separate monitor or
> reminder mini-utilities that run separate of outlook.exe.
>
> If you want to use the calendar inside of Outlook, you'll have to leave
> Outlook running. That's why I mentioned you could have Outlook minimize
> to a tray icon in the system notification area (system tray) of the
> Windows taskbar rather than minimize Outlook to a button in the taskbar.
> Outlook would still be running when you minimize it (to a tray icon).
> Just be careful not to exit Outlook and instead just minimize it. When
> minimized, Outlook reduces its memory consumption by releasing its GDI
> objects (unlike some e-mail programs, like Thunderbird, that consumes
> the same memory whether minimized or not).
>
>
> > Hi VanguardLH,
> >
> > As I've said to Diane, I completely accept your logic!
> >
> > However, there must be some way to use one or other of the calender features
> > "automatically" and independently of the programme being open, as I have
> > described was the case with my old XP machine!
> > >
> > As I've said to Diane, I completely accept your logic!
> >
> > However, there must be some way to use one or other of the calender features
> > "automatically" and independently of the programme being open, as I have
> > described was the case with my old XP machine!
> You accept the logic and then you refute the logic. As you had back in
> XP, you had some program running that did the calendaring function. It
> ran as a background process either as a startup item or an NT service.
> From what I've found through a Google search, MS Works left wkcalrem.exe
> running as a background process to do the calendar alerts. So, again,
> something had to be left running to do something, like the calendar
> alerts you mentioned. Outlook doesn't provide separate monitor or
> reminder mini-utilities that run separate of outlook.exe.
>
> > I'm running Vista Ultimate, and Office 2007 Enterprise edition,
> > If you want to use the calendar inside of Outlook, you'll have to leave
> Outlook running. That's why I mentioned you could have Outlook minimize
> to a tray icon in the system notification area (system tray) of the
> Windows taskbar rather than minimize Outlook to a button in the taskbar.
> Outlook would still be running when you minimize it (to a tray icon).
> Just be careful not to exit Outlook and instead just minimize it. When
> minimized, Outlook reduces its memory consumption by releasing its GDI
> objects (unlike some e-mail programs, like Thunderbird, that consumes
> the same memory whether minimized or not).
>
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