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Calendar Question
Since Win7 no longer has a separate calendar
program, I will use the WLM calendar function, however, I do not see how to associate .ICS files with the program. I get several calendar items in my e-mail and would like to be able to import them into WLM, preferably with a single click! Thanks in advance, Dave |
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"FiOS-Dave" wrote
Since Win7 no longer has a separate calendar program, I will use the WLM calendar function, however, I do not see how to associate .ICS files with the program. I get several calendar items in my e-mail and would like to be able to import them into WLM, preferably with a single click! Thanks in advance, Dave Have you tried Google Calendar? http://www.google.com/support/forum/...bf6bf103&hl=en Windows Live Calendar doesn't seem to have a simple export ics file option. Nonetheless you can still get the data across by temporarily using the ICS feed it's just a little more long winded. I suggest the following steps:- 1. In Windows Live calendar select "Share" and select your calendar then mark "Share this calendar" and tick "Make your calendar public" (temporarily) 2. You will see option to get the ICS link that says "ICS:Import into another calendar application" - click that and copy the feed URL that begins "webcal://cid-...." 3. In Google Calendar click "Add by URL" from the "Add" on the left hand side, paste in the URL you copied in step 3 and make sure you tick "Make the calendar publicly accessible?" You now have now have the calendar fed into Gcal but not yet imported. 4. Go into the fed Calendar's settings under SettingsCalendars (click on calendar name) and click on the green ICAL button and open the link in your browser and copy all the all the ics code/text you see and paste into a text editor like notepad and save as an ics e.g. mycal.ics 5. Go to Import Calendars in Gcal (SettingsCalendarsImport Calendars) and import the new file you just made to your preferred calendar most likely your primary and all being well your import is complete. 6. Unsubscribe the fed calendar in Gcal and return to Windows Live and uncheck your calendar as Public to complete the process. Tried to cut out steps 3 and 4 but I can't directly open the webcal feed in the browser. This should be fine - let me know if you have any trouble. |
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"FiOS-Dave" wrote in message ... Since Win7 no longer has a separate calendar program, I will use the WLM calendar function, however, I do not see how to associate .ICS files with the program. I get several calendar items in my e-mail and would like to be able to import them into WLM, preferably with a single click! Thanks in advance, Dave Mozilla Sunbird should do what you want...I think... |
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"Speaking in silver" wrote in message ... "FiOS-Dave" wrote Since Win7 no longer has a separate calendar program, I will use the WLM calendar function, however, I do not see how to associate .ICS files with the program. I get several calendar items in my e-mail and would like to be able to import them into WLM, preferably with a single click! Thanks in advance, Dave Have you tried Google Calendar? http://www.google.com/support/forum/...bf6bf103&hl=en Windows Live Calendar doesn't seem to have a simple export ics file option. Nonetheless you can still get the data across by temporarily using the ICS feed it's just a little more long winded. I suggest the following steps:- 1. In Windows Live calendar select "Share" and select your calendar then mark "Share this calendar" and tick "Make your calendar public" (temporarily) 2. You will see option to get the ICS link that says "ICS:Import into another calendar application" - click that and copy the feed URL that begins "webcal://cid-...." 3. In Google Calendar click "Add by URL" from the "Add" on the left hand side, paste in the URL you copied in step 3 and make sure you tick "Make the calendar publicly accessible?" You now have now have the calendar fed into Gcal but not yet imported. 4. Go into the fed Calendar's settings under SettingsCalendars (click on calendar name) and click on the green ICAL button and open the link in your browser and copy all the all the ics code/text you see and paste into a text editor like notepad and save as an ics e.g. mycal.ics 5. Go to Import Calendars in Gcal (SettingsCalendarsImport Calendars) and import the new file you just made to your preferred calendar most likely your primary and all being well your import is complete. 6. Unsubscribe the fed calendar in Gcal and return to Windows Live and uncheck your calendar as Public to complete the process. Tried to cut out steps 3 and 4 but I can't directly open the webcal feed in the browser. This should be fine - let me know if you have any trouble. Maybe I'm dense, but I looked everywhere and couldn't find "Share." I'm accessing Calendar via the option in WLM. It doesn't appear in my Program List. I checked all possible options, but no luck in finding "Share." Do I need better reading glasses??? Thanks, Dave |
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"FiOS-Dave" wrote
Maybe I'm dense, but I looked everywhere and couldn't find "Share." I'm accessing Calendar via the option in WLM. It doesn't appear in my Program List. I checked all possible options, but no luck in finding "Share." Do I need better reading glasses??? Thanks, Dave LOL! I was assuming you're using Windows Live Calendar, that is this program: http://windowslive.com/Online/Calendar Reading again, you say you're using WLM "Calendar funtion", which I don't know what it is (since I'm not using WLM), but I understand it's different from WLC. So I hope WLC can be helpful for you! :-) |
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Thanks for your response!
Very strange... I did what you suggested and went to Windows Live CALENDAR and followed your instructions. I was then able to import the ICS file with no trouble at all. It appeared in my on-line calendar, so I set it back to non-shared. I then went to Windows Live Mail on my computer and clicked on CALENDAR. Lo and behold, the appointment appeared in my calendar! Why the h*ll can't we just associate the ICS file and have it appear in your calendar in one step??? Are we missing something, or is Microsoft the one??? Thanks, Dave "Speaking in silver" wrote in message ... "FiOS-Dave" wrote Maybe I'm dense, but I looked everywhere and couldn't find "Share." I'm accessing Calendar via the option in WLM. It doesn't appear in my Program List. I checked all possible options, but no luck in finding "Share." Do I need better reading glasses??? Thanks, Dave LOL! I was assuming you're using Windows Live Calendar, that is this program: http://windowslive.com/Online/Calendar Reading again, you say you're using WLM "Calendar funtion", which I don't know what it is (since I'm not using WLM), but I understand it's different from WLC. So I hope WLC can be helpful for you! :-) |
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