Outlook Tasks Are Not Reccuring
Microsoft Outlook allows you to set up tasks and schedule them to recur at predefined intervals. This feature is useful if there is some task that you need to perform regularly, such as a weekly report. Scheduled tasks may fail to recur for any number of reasons. Some common issues are systems updates, which may cause your tasks to fail, incorrect options set when you set up the recurring task, failing to mark the first task as complete, upgrading your version of Outlook and corrupt files. In any case, you will most likely find that you will need to delete the failed tasks and set up new tasks with the correct recurrence parameters.
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Instructions
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Click on “Start” then “Run” from your Windows desktop. If you are using Windows Vista, use the search box on the “Start” menu for the next step.
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Type “outlook/cleanreminders” in the “Run” box and press the “Enter” key. This will clean and regenerate the reminders that you have set up.
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Close Outlook, as it will have been automatically launched by the “cleanreminders” process.
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Click on “Start” then “Run” from your Windows desktop and type “outlook /resetfolders” and press the “Enter” key. Use the search box if you are using Windows Vista. This will restore any missing or corrupt folders to their default locations.
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Open Outlook or switch to the Outlook application, if it is open, and delete any problematic tasks from the “Tasks” tab. You can right-click on a task in the task list and then select the “Delete” option from the menus.
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Create a new task by clicking on the “Actions” menu and selecting “New Task.”
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Click on “Recurrence” and set the required recurrence parameters.
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Save and close the task.
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Repeat Steps Six to Eight to recreate any required recurring tasks.
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Tips & Warnings
Ensure that your “Start Date” fields have values when setting up recurring tasks, because tasks with missing start dates might not recur as expected.
Check that you have marked the first instance of a task as completed, because incomplete tasks may not recur.
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