HT202297 iCloud calendar unable to set events with reminders that work, despite ignoring the error message

Question

I am using Outlook 2007, Windows 7, updated iCloud Control Panel. 2 office computers and multiple mobile devices are sharing Calendar/Contacts/Tasks. One office computer, and the mobile devices seem to have no issue setting up a new calendar event with a reminder - the reminder goes off as planned, syncs with iCloud, and is picked up by the other office computer and mobile devices.
My office computer can create iCloud calendar events, but when i attempt to set a reminder it gives me the 'The reminder for xxx will not appear because the item is in a folder that doesn't support reminders. Is this OK?' message. The help section on this site states that I can just ignore that, and the reminders will still be set up and work nonetheless. They don't. I also notice that despite being inside the iCloud calendar, as opposed to the local Outlook calendar on my PC, it still gives me the option to 'Move to iCloud,' as if I wasn't creating the event in iCloud. Yet if I set a new reminder, the event sticks, syncs with iCloud and will pop up on other devices. If I click the 'Move to iCloud' option that oddly appears in the created calendar event, it glitches out and crashes outlook. Tried this multiple times, and, oddly enough, one time it rebooted Outlook and seemed to be creating iCloud calendar events with reminders just fine. The 'Move to iCloud' option had disappeared and the reminders would stick. After the next computer restart, I was back to square one and it would no longer accept calendar reminders and the 'Move to iCloud option was back.
The reminder seems to the the only function that doesn't work. I've re-installed iCloud Control Panel, restarted all involved applications and the computer. There seems to be a partial disconnect from the iCloud calendar in my Outlook and the iCloud calendar; some functions work fine and sync, some are glitchy and do not function properly, and it is only this one device out of 2 PCs, an iPhone, and an iPad that has issues.
Any ideas?

Answer 1

paule54600 wrote:
yes but if you don't have a gmail calender setup when you install the account for the first time I don't think it sees the calender if you  try to access it later. Either way I can't get it to work on my newly updated droid 2.  How do I "reset" the phone and what will I have to reconfigure once I do that?
Hi Paul,
   I don't know about your phone, but on my Droid Pro, there is a little round white button underneath the battery, press that with a stylus, or the tip of a pen, then reassemble the phone and turn it on.  That's all there is to it.  I didn't have to re-configure anything.  Check your user manual for your reset button location, it's probably in the section on troubleshooting.