Sorry to say this, but Outlook has to be running.
"six-h" <sixh@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> OK, being retired, and of a certain age, I don't generally have outlook
> running, even minimised!
> I would however appreciate reminders of Birthdays, appointments, etc.
> whilst
> working at my PC. (notification of received mail would be nice too!)
> Is it possible to set anything up that would achieve this for me?
>
> thanks,
> six-h