Using Classic Outlook on Windows for personal email, calendar, and contact management
Use the reminder/hidden-items cleanup approach, as the prompt is coming from a calendar subscription or reminder that is no longer visible in the Calendar list.
Follow these steps on the affected Outlook profile:
- Close Outlook.
- Clean up hidden reminder items:
- Select Start, type:
and press Enter.outlook.exe /cleanreminders - Let Outlook start, wait a minute, then close Outlook again.
- Select Start, type:
- If the prompt still appears, remove the corrupted reminder directly using MFCMAPI:
- In Outlook, select Send/Receive > Work Offline, then close Outlook.
- Download MFCMAPI from the GitHub “Latest release” link.
- Run
MFCMapi.exe. - On the Session menu, select Logon and Display Store Table and choose the mail profile.
- Right‑click the mailbox store and select Open Store.
- Expand Root – Mailbox > Finder, then double‑click Reminders.
- Sort by Subject or To and locate the entry that corresponds to the boss’s calendar/ICS URL.
- Right‑click that item and select Delete Message.
- In Delete Item, choose a permanent deletion option and select OK.
- Close MFCMAPI.
- Select Start, type:
and press Enter to restart Outlook and rebuild reminders.outlook.exe /cleanreminders
This removes the hidden reminder or subscription item that is repeatedly triggering the Windows Security prompt, without needing the calendar to be visible in the Calendar pane.
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