I have a windows 8 pc that has Office 2013 Home and Business on it.  When your log on Outlook will start up and only show reminders and then a min or two later it closes.  I cannot figure out how this is happening and why when it starts it only shows the reminders.  I've search in all the run keys in Registry, looked in task scheduler, looked in programs->startup and look in startup apps in task manager.  I cannot find what is causing Outlook to start on this machine. What's even more weird is that it closes a few mins later.  Any suggestions?

• Edited by Barkster28 Tuesday, October 28, 2014 8:01 PM

Hi,

What kind of reminders window? Is it the reminders window which pops up when there is an upcoming appointment? Would you please provide a screen shot so that we can understand this issue more clearly?

In addition, we may try to run a repair of Office installation to see the result:

https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Repair-an-Office-application-7821d4b6-7c1d-4205-aa0e-a6b40c5bb88b?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US

Regards,

Steve Fan
TechNet Community Support

Hello Barkster,

Reminders are pop-up windows in Outlook. Do you mean that your desktop is cluttered by those reminder windows? Is it possible for you to submit a screen dump of the reminders?

I get one window that only shows current reminders, see below.  Typically when outlook opens you have two windows, one with outlook and another showing reminders.  So in taskbar you would see stacked icons.  I'm not seeing this.  Also, I see icon at bottom in tray that says "another program is using outlook, to disconnect programs and exit outlook, click the outlook icon and then click exit now"  Obviously something besides outlook is starting the reminders?  I still don't see anything in registry or startup that even resembles anything to do with outlook or reminders.  How can I find out what is starting outlook when computer starts.  It starts with logon and then goes away after a few mins.

Won't let me upload image, says until my account is verified which I thought had already been done when I signed up

• Edited by Barkster28 Wednesday, November 05, 2014 5:13 PM

I am having this exact same issue. Did you ever find a fix?