If your like me, you have fell victim to hidden Outlook reminders, and the resulting missed or tardy appearances to meetings, then this is a tip for you.
Previously there was no way to ensure Outlook reminders where always on top of other windows. As a result, if you had an open reminder dialogue (due to un-dismissed/snoozed reminder) hidden behind other windows, new reminders would not result in the window being pushed to the front of all other windows. Not so long ago, an option was added to change this behaviour. Now you can ensure that reminders will always be shown on top of other windows making it much harder to miss. Here’s how you can enable the feature…
Select the ‘File’ menu:
Select ‘Options’:
Select the ‘Advanced’ tab and scroll down to the ‘Reminders’ section. There you will find the option you want to select ‘Show reminders on top of other windows’:
For me, this is still not good enough. I get tunnel vision and don’t notice the reminders. The second I move to a new window, the reminder is hidden again.
I need a way for these reminders to stay on top of all other windows, and never leave until I dismiss them.
Do you have any other ideas?
Unfortunately this is the best I could come up with. Would love to know if you find something better.
i have this checked, but it still is hiding behind other windows. I never see it popup as it seems to always be hidden.
I’m not sure why this wouldn’t work for you. I just ticked the box and it worked. Maybe an Office update might help?
I have the same problem I miss the notification sine it is hidden behind others screens.
I do not understand why Microsoft does not solve this issue since it is very easy.
Why they do not add an option that until the user is clicking on postponed or accept the screen will remain on top of the windows!!!
Totally!!
Is there are way to leverage Windows Notification for these reminders? I haven’t been able to find a way yet.
Missing reminders is even more frequent in multi monitor set ups IMO.
This trick certainly helps but it’s still not perfect!! I haven’t come across any way to leverage Windows notifications. I guess they don’t support the added info they would need which you get in an Outlook reminder.
AutoHotkey “Keep Reminding Me” works very well. The reminder window stays on top and keeps the focus. You need to respond to it!
Glad it helped!
Thank you, Andrew, I have been missing countless work meetings for nearly a year now and management did not believe me that I did not see the notifications. No thanks to Microsoft….. you buffoons!
Thanks. Simple but very useful 🙂