Random Reminders appearing for emails and contacts after restore

[DougS]

Recently my wife's PC lost a hard drive and I had to restore Outlook from a
copy of the .pst file, not a backup copy, a full copy of the .pst file.

Ever since then she has been getting random reminders, mostly associated
with email messages that have no visible flag set, but recently it started
posting reminders for her contacts also. The reminders cannot be dismissed -
they just reappear right away. The only way to get rid of them is to close
the reminder window. The next time she opens Outlook another batch of
reminders appears for a different set of messages and/or contacts.

I have run the Inbox repair tool and started Outlook using the
/CleanReminders switch. I have never seen this type of behavior from Outlook.

Help!

 

[Brian Tillman]

Recently my wife's PC lost a hard drive and I had to restore Outlook
from a copy of the .pst file, not a backup copy, a full copy of the
.pst file.

What do you think a backup is? It's a full copy of the PST. If you think
you're making a backup of a PST and using any method OTHER than copying the
PST, then you're not making a backup of it.

Ever since then she has been getting random reminders, mostly
associated
with email messages that have no visible flag set, but recently it
started posting reminders for her contacts also. The reminders
cannot be dismissed - they just reappear right away. The only way to
get rid of them is to close the reminder window. The next time she
opens Outlook another batch of reminders appears for a different set
of messages and/or contacts.

I have run the Inbox repair tool and started Outlook using the
/CleanReminders switch. I have never seen this type of behavior from
Outlook.

Were this happening to me, I'd start with a new mail profile.