Outlook 2010 Reminders - Can't dismiss or snooze.

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Published on 2010-02-28T22:04:27Z Indexed on 2010/05/03 12:08 UTC
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I seem to have encountered a zombie reminder that doesn't want to die. A few weeks ago I had an issue where I had a reminder from weeks gone by pop up in my Reminder window in Outlook 2010. Due in: 2 weeks overdue. Weird, I thought.

So I did the usual 'Dismiss'. 2 seconds later:

"1 Reminder, Due in 2 weeks overdue".

Weird, I thought. So I tried snoozing it.

Not 2 seconds later:

"1 Reminder, Due in 2 weeks overdue".

Ok, this is getting weird. Let's try 'Dismiss All'.

"1 Reminder, Due in 2 weeks overdue".

Fine, fine, you win Outlook. Let's open the item and delete it.

"1 Reminder, Due in **3** weeks overdue".

Ah, now the previous reminder in the series is popping up. Let's delete that one too.

"1 Reminder, Due in **4** weeks overdue".

FUUUUU--

I ended up having to delete all past occurances of a weekly reminder before the reminder removed itself.

It's now a few weeks later, and what do I see?

"1 Reminder, Due in 2 weeks overdue".

Does anyone know if this is a known bug in Outlook 2010 Beta, where recurring events with reminders start zombifying themselves, and won't stop reminding me they exist til I decapitate (delete) them entirely?

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