Why does Outlook 2013 say I have 3 Reminders?

Near the bottom, lefthand corner of Outlook, it says that I have 3 Reminders, like this:

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However, I don't have any outstanding reminders. In fact, when I click on the "Reminders: 3" display, it opens my Reminders window, and that window is free of any reminders, like this picture below. Any idea why Outlook 2013 behaves this way?

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WEFX

Posted 2014-03-31T17:18:44.580

Reputation: 899

Seems like a bug in Outlook; you should probably seek chat support from Microsoft Support or ask on Microsoft Answers. – gparyani – 2014-03-31T18:09:55.350

What kind of mail account(s) are setup in Outlook? – Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007 – 2014-04-07T18:03:42.390

This is a Microsoft Exchange account. – WEFX – 2014-04-08T14:25:56.963

Answers

Try this, close outlook and do the following:

Press Windows Key + R (Or go to the start search area)
Type this in: outlook.exe /cleanreminders
Press Enter

Hope this resolves your issue.

WurdNerd

Posted 2014-03-31T17:18:44.580

Reputation: 164

There is no fix for this. I just run this command any time I think about it, and it temporarily fixes the problem for a few days. – WEFX – 2014-06-30T20:46:49.437

I actually had this happen the other day, and I simply exited Outlook and restarted it (without the /cleanreminders param) and it went away. – Dan Henderson – 2016-01-28T20:19:45.923

That helps, but it's a temporary Band-Aid. The problem resurfaces later that day, or by morning the next day. – WEFX – 2014-04-04T17:15:16.080

Could you clarify what server you are using? Is it exchange?

Sounds like something is corrupt inside in one of your message stores.

http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/calendar/delete-reminders-that-keep-returning/

You could try MFCMAPI to look inside and see what is going on:

http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/calendar/delete-reminders-that-keep-returning/#mfcmapi

You might be able to use that tool to trace it back to events that are causing the problem, and then delete those events.

David

Posted 2014-03-31T17:18:44.580

Reputation: 2 222

Yes, it's an Exchange account. The MFCAPI app shows me all of my ongoing reminders, but I still don't know how to track down the culprit; I don't want to just delete all of my ongoing meetings. If I wanted to do that, I would just delete them in Outlook. – WEFX – 2014-04-09T13:18:39.963

(Bounty awarded for effort) – WEFX – 2014-04-09T17:21:06.177

Maybe on a one-by-one basis start recreating the meetings. – David – 2014-04-10T00:30:57.123

Could try Scanpst http://www.msoutlook.info/question/77 ... maybe your OST file is corrupt? Have you checked your tasklist?

– David – 2014-04-10T00:33:46.217