In their wisdom, Microsoft is retiring their Calendar product. Now, when I open Windows Calendar, it autoloads the "new" Outlook instead.
This is a challenge for me, because I relied on Windows Calendar to alert me to events in my Exchange calendar. I received event alerts without having to keep the Calendar app open (presumably thanks to some background-running service).
If I now have to rely on Outlook for event notifications, I have to find a way to keep Outlook open. Otherwise, I will miss events, if I accidentally close the Outlook window.
Does anyone have any recommendations for solving this?
Either I need a sure-fire way to prevent Outlook closing (or to re-open it automagically if I shut it), or a way to receive calendar notifications using some other Windows capability I've overlooked.
According to this old question, it isn't possible to get Outlook notifications when Outlook is shut. I've tested this, and it still seems to be true in 2024.