Fixed font Subject: Re: deleting appointment
Author: Hector Quiros Date: 07 Mar 2011
References:
1 - Change your view to the Folders List at bottom
2 - Right click on the Calendar Icon
3 - Choose Advanced Find
4 - Change Search option to Subject and Notes Fields
5 - Search for entry
6 - When found delete it (ignore error)
7 - Close and re-open MS Outlook

> On Friday, September 21, 2007 9:34 AM Steve Muzi wrote:

> I have a reminder that keeps on opening every time I start Outlook. I attempt
> to dismiss it, but it tells me that it cannot find the occurrence and that
> the reminder can't be deleted. I have tried /cleanreminders to no avail.


>> On Saturday, September 22, 2007 11:29 AM Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] wrote:

>> Display your calendar in a table view, such as by recurrence, and scroll
>> through the events until you find the broken one and then delete it.
>>
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>> Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
>>
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>> After furious head scratching, Steve Muzig wrote:


>>> On Friday, October 19, 2007 5:30 AM Lars Fr?sslun wrote:

>>> ok
>>>
>>> I have tried the same and the entry in the calendar is simply not there :(
>>> What is the next step?
>>>
>>> "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:


>>>> On Friday, October 19, 2007 6:05 AM LarsFrsslun wrote:

>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> After poking around for far too long trying to locate a good answer on what
>>>> to do I came up with an article relating to Outlook 98 which instructs you to
>>>> do the following:
>>>>
>>>> 1. Select the Calender tab
>>>> 2. Select View - Current view - Recurring appointments
>>>> 3. Look for the offending item
>>>> 4. Delete it - ignore the error message that comes up
>>>> 5. Go back to the normal view
>>>> 6. Just to make sure it worked - shut down and restart Outlook. - GONE!
>>>>
>>>> If you trust technology more than this, just select View - reminders window
>>>> and behold how the item is gone.
>>>>
>>>> Worked for me - hope it works for you as well.
>>>>
>>>> Lars Fr??sslund (newborn Outlook hacker :) )
>>>>
>>>> "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:


>>>>> On Wednesday, December 26, 2007 1:12 PM Alan H wrote:

>>>>> Lars,
>>>>> I have been battling this issue for three weeks and your approach just cured
>>>>> my problem. As you point out, you simply ignore the error message. Thanks
>>>>> so much!
>>>>> Alan H.
>>>>>
>>>>> "Lars Fr??sslund" wrote:


>>>>>> On Tuesday, January 08, 2008 11:31 AM Suggestion wrote:

>>>>>> Wow - me too! This appears to have solved my issue as well! Great!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Now, for the big "let this be a lesson to you" question - anybody know why
>>>>>> this happens in the first place, so I don't have to go through this again?
>>>>>> Could it be something to do with the way you delete a recurring appointment?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Alan H." wrote:


>>>>>>> On Thursday, January 10, 2008 12:11 PM Alan wrote:

>>>>>>> It occurred in my case by moving files from a workstation to a laptop and
>>>>>>> then back. When I travel, I update the pst on my laptop from the desktop in
>>>>>>> my office that is my primary workstation. Somehow in moving this back and
>>>>>>> forth, this malady began to show. By the way, as I was learning how to do
>>>>>>> this pst movement, I moved a couple of other outlook files with it which
>>>>>>> turns out aren't necessary. I assumed that I brought over some history with
>>>>>>> the transfer on a recurring appointment that was causing the issue.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Is this the real cause in my case, who knows!!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Steve Muzig" wrote:


>>>>>>>> On Thursday, May 15, 2008 11:17 AM S wrote:

>>>>>>>> Fantastic!! This was driving me nuts. Thanks.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "Alan H." wrote:


>>>>>>>>> On Thursday, August 28, 2008 9:28 AM Fran wrote:

>>>>>>>>> Sadly this did not work for me. the offending calendar item is not shown in
>>>>>>>>> the list of recurring appointment.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Other ideas?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I get the reminder when outlook starts up. The time and date due are always
>>>>>>>>> the current time/date. When I attempt to dismiss it I get message "Cannot
>>>>>>>>> turn off reminder. You may be reminded again."
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thanks for your help!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> "ST" wrote:


>>>>>>>>>> On Thursday, June 17, 2010 9:07 AM Leah Gillon wrote:

>>>>>>>>>> Did you ever find a solution to this problem? I too tried the suggestion offered and it didn't work.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Leah


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