Works Calendar 7.0 to Windows Calendar

I recently upgraded to the Vista OS from Windows XP. I used Microsoft Works
Calendar 7.0 when I had XP. Now I would like to import my calendar file from
the older Works into a calendar that is available to me on Vista. I have
tried to import the .vcs file in to the Works 8.5 calendar, but none of the
appoinments appear. Reminders will pop up from the old calendar but the
objects are not shown in the calendar. What most I do to fully recover my
calendar?
All help is much appreciated.
Dave.

"Dave in Nebraska" wrote:

> I recently upgraded to the Vista OS from Windows XP. I used Microsoft Works
> Calendar 7.0 when I had XP. Now I would like to import my calendar file from
> the older Works into a calendar that is available to me on Vista. I have
> tried to import the .vcs file in to the Works 8.5 calendar, but none of the
> appoinments appear. Reminders will pop up from the old calendar but the
> objects are not shown in the calendar. What most I do to fully recover my
> calendar?
> All help is much appreciated.
> Dave.

"JC in CT" wrote:

> I am having the same problem as Dave in Nebraska. Has anyone found a solution yet?



>
> "Dave in Nebraska" wrote:
>
> > I recently upgraded to the Vista OS from Windows XP. I used Microsoft Works
> > Calendar 7.0 when I had XP. Now I would like to import my calendar file from
> > the older Works into a calendar that is available to me on Vista. I have
> > tried to import the .vcs file in to the Works 8.5 calendar, but none of the
> > appoinments appear. Reminders will pop up from the old calendar but the
> > objects are not shown in the calendar. What most I do to fully recover my
> > calendar?
> > All help is much appreciated.
> > Dave.

As far as I'm aware the export options in Works Calendar does not support
what Windows Calendar can import which .ics. I'm afraid you might just have
continue using Works which is at version 8.5. You could probably Export the
Works Calendar to Microsoft Office Outlook as a text file then import it as
an Outlook Calendar (.ics format) into Windows Calendar.

Tip here: Export Outlook Calendar to use in Vista
http://www.outlook-tips.net/howto/convertics.htm


Its really strange Microsoft never decided to make this easy.
"JC in CT" <JC in > wrote in message
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>
>
> "Dave in Nebraska" wrote:
>
>> I recently upgraded to the Vista OS from Windows XP. I used Microsoft
>> Works
>> Calendar 7.0 when I had XP. Now I would like to import my calendar file
>> from
>> the older Works into a calendar that is available to me on Vista. I have
>> tried to import the .vcs file in to the Works 8.5 calendar, but none of
>> the
>> appoinments appear. Reminders will pop up from the old calendar but the
>> objects are not shown in the calendar. What most I do to fully recover my
>> calendar?
>> All help is much appreciated.
>> Dave.

"Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" wrote:

> As far as I'm aware the export options in Works Calendar does not support
> what Windows Calendar can import which .ics. I'm afraid you might just have
> continue using Works which is at version 8.5. You could probably Export the
> Works Calendar to Microsoft Office Outlook as a text file then import it as
> an Outlook Calendar (.ics format) into Windows Calendar.
>
> Tip here: Export Outlook Calendar to use in Vista
> http://www.outlook-tips.net/howto/convertics.htm
>
>
> Its really strange Microsoft never decided to make this easy.
> "JC in CT" <JC in > wrote in message
> news:F18A8A55-2308-4FF4-BEDF-...
> >
> >
> > "Dave in Nebraska" wrote:
> >
> >> I recently upgraded to the Vista OS from Windows XP. I used Microsoft
> >> Works
> >> Calendar 7.0 when I had XP. Now I would like to import my calendar file
> >> from
> >> the older Works into a calendar that is available to me on Vista. I have
> >> tried to import the .vcs file in to the Works 8.5 calendar, but none of
> >> the
> >> appoinments appear. Reminders will pop up from the old calendar but the
> >> objects are not shown in the calendar. What most I do to fully recover my
> >> calendar?
> >> All help is much appreciated.
> >> Dave.
>
>
>

Thanks for the answer on not being able to export Works calendar to Windows
Calendar. I realized that my Works Calendar 7.0 data was imported somewhere
on the new Vista computer. By clicking import this data transfered into Works
Calendar 8.5 I now have my full calendar back in Works which is ok for
what I need. Your info sent me on the right track.

"Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" wrote:

> As far as I'm aware the export options in Works Calendar does not support
> what Windows Calendar can import which .ics. I'm afraid you might just have
> continue using Works which is at version 8.5. You could probably Export the
> Works Calendar to Microsoft Office Outlook as a text file then import it as
> an Outlook Calendar (.ics format) into Windows Calendar.
>
> Tip here: Export Outlook Calendar to use in Vista
> http://www.outlook-tips.net/howto/convertics.htm
>
>
> Its really strange Microsoft never decided to make this easy.
> "JC in CT" <JC in > wrote in message
> news:F18A8A55-2308-4FF4-BEDF-...
> >
> >
> > "Dave in Nebraska" wrote:
> >
> >> I recently upgraded to the Vista OS from Windows XP. I used Microsoft
> >> Works
> >> Calendar 7.0 when I had XP. Now I would like to import my calendar file
> >> from
> >> the older Works into a calendar that is available to me on Vista. I have
> >> tried to import the .vcs file in to the Works 8.5 calendar, but none of
> >> the
> >> appoinments appear. Reminders will pop up from the old calendar but the
> >> objects are not shown in the calendar. What most I do to fully recover my
> >> calendar?
> >> All help is much appreciated.
> >> Dave.
>
>
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