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BCM Contacts showing up as Outlook Reminders

1. Clean Reminders Outlook
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3. Clear Reminders In Outlook

Had an odd quirk with Outlook today. All of the contacts from BCM (Business Contact Manager) showed up as a reminder in Outlook. All of them were showing up as Due now and no matter how many times I tried to dismiss the reminder it kept coming back immediately. Needless to say this was rather frustrating having numerous bogus reminders that kept popping up.

After some helpful suggestions from MS the issue was resolved by running Outlook in Clean Reminders mode. To do this:

1. Quit Outlook.
2. Click Start -> Run, type Outlook /CleanReminders and press Enter.
3. This should clear out the bogus reminders.

Email messages, contacts, and tasks. To set or remove reminders, select the email message, contact, or task. On the Standard toolbar, click Follow Up, and then click Add Reminder. Tip: You can quickly flag email messages as to-do items by using reminders. Right-click the Flag Status column in the message list. There should be a 16.0 key if you are using Outlook 2016, or be 15.0 for the 2013 version, and just select this key named 16.0 or 15.0, and continue go to the sub-key: Outlook Options Reminders. Go to its right side pane, hold-and-press or right click on the WindowsPos name to delete the string.

./Microsoft Outlook /cleanreminders & I also had another folder where i kept all appointment related emails - I found the offending appointments in that directory and deleted them - that seemed to help as well. Best of luck to all - this was bothering me for 3 weeks. Finally some respite from those pesky reminders of events past.

Outlook comes with lots of command line switches and parameters which can be very handy for troubleshooting and (limited) automation.

This guide contains an overview of all available command line switches per Outlook version and how they can be used.

Using command line switches

You can directly execute command line switches in the following way:

1. Open the Run command by pressing the Windows Logo + R on your keyboard.
   Alternative ways are:
   • Windows 7
     Open the Start Menu and use the Search field to type in for the next step.
   • Windows 8
     Open the Start Screen and directly start typing. This will automatically open the Search Pane which also allows for commands.
   • Windows 10
     Type in the Search field (Cortana) or open the Start Menu and directly start typing. This will automatically open the Search Pane which also allows for commands.
2. In the box you opened in step 1, type; outlook.exe
3. Press the SPACEBAR once, and then type a forward slash mark (/) followed by the switch you want to use (see the list below). For example, if you want to use the CleanReminders switch, the command you type in the Open box should look like this:
   outlook.exe /cleanreminders
4. To run the command, click OK or press ENTER.

Starting Outlook with the cleanreminders switch in Windows 7.
(note the space in the command above).

Starting Outlook with the cleanreminders switch in Windows 10.

Tool Tip 1
To have easy access to all the “direct start” command line switches (the switches that do not require further variables), you can use HowTo-Outlook’s very own OutlookTools (free).

Tool Tip 2
Need more Outlook management options via the command line? ReliefJet Essentials Pro provides batch script and PowerShell support for over 150 of its utilities related to configuring, reporting, converting and exporting Outlook data.

Creating custom shortcuts with command line switches

Clean Reminders Outlook

You can also create a shortcut which includes one or more switches so you can automate tasks or start Outlook in a certain folder like the Calendar;

1. Search for the location of outlook.exe:
   • Windows 7
     Open the Start Menu and in the Search field type: outlook.exe
   • Windows 8 and Windows 10
     Open the Start Screen and directly type: outlook.exe
   • All Windows versions
     You can also browse to the path of outlook.exe.
     Examples:
     • Outlook 2010 on a 32-bit version of Windows
       C:Program FilesMicrosoft OfficeOffice14Outlook.exe
     • Outlook 2013 32-bit on a 64-bit version of Windows
       C:Program Files (x86)Microsoft OfficeOffice15Outlook.exe
     • Outlook of Office 365 on any version of WindowsC:Program FilesMicrosoft Officerootoffice16Outlook.exe
2. Right-click on Outlook.exe, and then on the shortcut menu point to Send To, and then click Desktop (create shortcut).
   • Windows 8 and Windows 10
     Right click on the outlook.exe search result and choose “Open File Location”. This will open a new Explorer window with outlook.exe highlighted. Right click on this file and choose: Send To-> Desktop (create shortcut).
3. Go to the Desktop (keyboard shortcut Windows+D).
4. Right-click the shortcut you just created, and from the shortcut menu click Properties.
5. On the Shortcut tab, locate the Target box. It contains the path for outlook.exe.
6. Press the SPACEBAR once to type a space after the path, and then type;
   /select outlook:calendar
   The full command should now look like this;
   'C:Program FilesMicrosoft Officerootoffice16Outlook.exe' /select outlook:calendar
7. Click OK.
8. On the desktop, double-click the Outlook shortcut you created.

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Creating a custom shortcut with the command line to start
Outlook in the Calendar folder (click on the image to enlarge).

Tip 1!
To create a shortcut that creates a new message, follow the above instructions but instead of typing /select outlook:calendar use /c ipm.note.

Tip 2!
You can also create a Send To shortcut for Outlook which has the /a switch. This allows you to select files in Explorer and use the Send To-> Mail Recipient feature to create a new message with the selected files as attachments while also adding your signature and not blocking Outlook. For details see: Send To Mail Recipient in HTML and with Signature.

Command line switches overview

See Full List On Howto-outlook.com

The overview of commands below are taken from various local and on-line help files of all Outlook versions and from KB articles discussing them. In the right column you’ll find to which Outlook version the command applies.

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