Calendar For Windows 7

By PNWDweller
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PNWDweller

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This is probably one of the more basic quesitons, so please be gentle. :) I am in the process of migrating from OSX to Win 7, and am trying to figure out a good solution. I used ot use Mac's iCal (Later Calendar in Mountian Lion) to manage my appointments and sync later on to my Android using Google Calendar.

I haven't quite found a solution similar to this on Win 7, I know you can apparently install Windows Vista's calendar and make it work in Win 7, but don't really want to push into that area just yet.

Right now, I have Postbox email (Offshoot of Thunderbir) with the Lightening plugin and integrated it with Google Calendar which is fine, but, I don't really want to have to jump into my email program just to do a quick Calendar edit or go into Google Calendar to do the same thing. With the OSX calendar, I would launch it, do the edit, then close it. All the syncing was done automatically. This is what I am looking for basically. One thing I did do is use Mozilla's Prism to create an executable web page that would load Google Calendar and packaged it into a launchable program, but have found it to be a bit more awkward.

Can anyone recommend a good Calendar software that would be comperable to iCal (I am using Win 7 Home Premium 64bit)?

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Why not just install Google Chrome & view Google Calendar through that? You can pretend it's a calendar app if you want ;)

Or, using Google Chrome, go to the Google Calendar website, then bring up the Chrome menu, select Tools/Create Application Shortcuts, & create an application shortcut to Google Calendar on your desktop or wherever.

Either solution is better than most 3rd party calendar app solutions. And both of the above will allow you to work w/ Google Calendar directly, which will sync directly to your Android phone.

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There aren't really any good calendar applications I found for Windows 7. It used to be Windows Live Mail's calendar component but it only worked with Microsoft's own calendaring service.

However Windows 8's Calendar app isn't that bad (though of course, that is highly dependent on your migration plans) - it does get the job done and is able to stay running in the background to give you calendar reminders, as you would expect on a mobile device. And yes it will work with your Google account - I tried it just now. Though as it stands it, like many other modern apps, are quite primitive but they can improve over time.

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How about Windows Calendar from Windows Vista. That works on windows 7. Andrea Borman.

...Or, as per the original post....

I haven't quite found a solution similar to this on Win 7, I know you can apparently install Windows Vista's calendar and make it work in Win 7, but don't really want to push into that area just yet.

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If you're really going to go digging up Vista Calendar, you'd be better off just downloading/installing the Windows Essentials pack. The calendar in the Live Mail app can sync w/ a Microsoft Account, which can do read-only sync with Google Calendar. (the Vista calendar also only gives you read-only sync w/ Google Calendar)

But if you want read-write sync w/ Google Calendar, you should really stick w/ using the Google Calendar website, or creating an app shortcut via Google Chrome, or trying one of those apps PsYcHoKiLLa listed.

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PNWDweller

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Thanks everyone for your suggestions! For now, I am going to stick with the app I made with Prism. (Web wrapper for Google Calendar).

Wasn't really looking for a PIM I don't think. Although, I am finding I really am starting to rely on a calendar anymore since I tend to forget my appointments. :)

I did look at rainlender, played with it for about 10 minutes and then decided to look at it later. I saw a Google Calendar type of thing there, but didn't really get into it too much since I didn't have time then. Maybe later this week. ;)

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After reading this post the other day, I ended up getting Vista's Windows Calendar. I was surprised it actually worked. I was surprised that just adding the zipped folder into Program Files actually works setting appointments in the calendar and actually pops up the appointments when the program is actually closed.

So thanks to the person for mentioning Windows Calendar.

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