No. Outlook must be open to fire reminders. There are third party programs
that open a stub of Outlook to give reminders and new mail notifications,
but note, they all open part of Outlook.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After furious head scratching, jtrussell asked:

| On my previous computer the Microsoft calendar was simple and
| reminders showed on the screen any time the computer came on. Is
| there any way to get Outlook calendar to show my reminders as soon as
| computer is turned on, whether or not I open the Outlook file?
|
| Thanks