How to get your Google Calendar events to show in the Calendar app in Windows 8

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How do I get my Google Calendar events to show in the Calendar app in Windows 8?

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	If you’d like to see your Google Calendar events in the Calendar app, you have two options:<br><br><br><br> <br><br><br>· You can permanently move them into Outlook.com. <br>When you’re done, all your events will be available in the Windows Calendar app. From there, you can edit, delete, and update your events. <br><br><br><br> <br><br><br>· You can subscribe to your Google calendar from Outlook.com. When you’re done, you can see all your events in the Windows 8 Calendar app, but you won’t be<br> able to add, edit or delete events from the app. If you want to make updates, you’ll have to go to google.com and sign in.<br><br><br> <br><br><br> Option 1: Move your Google Calendar events to Outlook.com<br><br><br> <br><br><br><br>You can find detailed steps for<br>moving your Google Calendar events to Outlook by clicking the link.<br><br><br><br> <br><br><br>Option 2: Subscribe to your Google Calendar from Outlook.com<br><br><br> <br><br><ol><br><li><span><font color="#000000">Sign in to your Google account.</font></span><font color="#000000"><br></font></li><li><span>Tap or click <b>Calendar</b>, tap or click the settings icon, and then tap or click<br><b>Settings</b>.</span><font color="#000000"> </font></li><li><span><font color="#000000">Tap or click on the calendar you want to subscribe to and next to the<br><b>Private address</b>, tap or click <b>ICAL</b>.</font></span><font color="#000000"><br></font></li><li><span><font color="#000000">Copy the URL under<b> Private address</b>.</font></span><font color="#000000"><br></font></li><li><span><font color="#000000">Sign in to Outlook.com.</font></span><font color="#000000"><br></font></li><li><span><font color="#000000">Tap or click <b>Subscribe</b>.</font></span><font color="#000000"><br></font></li><li><span><font color="#000000">Paste the URL you’d copied earlier in <b>Calendar URL</b>, add a name for this calendar, and tap or click<br><b>Subscribe to calendar</b>.</font></span><font color="#000000"> </font></li></ol>	<br>	---

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2014-03-17T04:46:22+00:00

The option 2 suggested by Carissa worked perfectly for me.

Now my outlook calendar on my desktop and the calendar on my Nokia 928 both display and synchronize all my calendars, including google.

In my case, the need to edit calendars from other platforms, from every device, is not critical--being able to see the information is.

Thank you.
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2014-01-08T14:18:03+00:00

Worked great. Thanks!!

You're welcome, glad it worked. Windows 8 is not as dire as some critics have painted it. Once you get familiar with it, there are many ways to customize, and tweak settings as we used to do in the XP era. I have also found 8 to be a bit more stable, and more resistant to attack (than XP anyway). Still some annoyances, as there would be in any OS (including Mac)...
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2014-01-08T04:31:11+00:00
It's easy, it will go directly to your Google Calendar (no login required if you stay logged in to Gmail or other Google service all the time, as I do), and it's customizable.

Navigate to your Google Calendar (making sure you are logged in) in your browser, and create a shortcut to this page by dragging the tiny icon next to the left of the URL to the desktop.

Rename the desktop shortcut as you want it to appear on the tile: "Google Calendar" for example.

Change the icon (right click--> Properties--> Change Icon) to something you like.

Copy and Paste the desktop shortcut to the following directory: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs

Go to Metro screen and find the tile (it may be all the way on the right, or in "All Apps" [Win 8.1]). Drag it wherever you want it, or "Pin to Start.". Test it: clicking it should your default browser (hopefully Firefox) to your Google Calendar page.

You can delete the desktop shortcut afterwards if you wish- it will not affect the tile you created. However, to change the tile's icon, you will need to change it on the desktop shortcut, and re-copy the shortcut to the directory noted above. The background color of the tile is NOT controllable (yet), and will likely be the predominate color of whatever icon you chose. (It's a Windows thing, of course.)

Hope this works for you.
Worked great. Thanks!!
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2013-12-16T22:27:18+00:00
It's easy, it will go directly to your Google Calendar (no login required if you stay logged in to Gmail or other Google service all the time, as I do), and it's customizable.
1. Navigate to your Google Calendar (making sure you are logged in) in your browser, and create a shortcut to this page by dragging the tiny icon to the left of the URL to the desktop.
2. Rename the desktop shortcut as you want it to appear on the tile: "Google Calendar" for example.
3. Change the shortcut icon (right click--> Properties--> Change Icon) to something you like.
4. Copy and Paste the desktop shortcut to the following directory: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs
5. Go to Metro screen and find the tile (it may be all the way on the right, or in "All Apps" [Win 8.1]). Drag it wherever you want it, or "Pin to Start.". Test it: clicking it should open your default browser (hopefully Firefox) to your Google Calendar page.
You can delete the desktop shortcut afterwards if you wish- it will not affect the tile you created. However, if you wish to change the tile's icon later, you will need to change it on the desktop shortcut, and re-copy (replace) the shortcut to the directory noted above. The background color of the tile is NOT controllable (yet), and will likely be the predominate color of whatever icon you chose. (It's a Windows thing, of course.)

Hope this works for you.
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