Windows 7: Outlook 2010: sync To-Do bar with Windows Live/Hotmail calendar?

Is there a way to have Outlook 2010 sync it's To-Do bar with a Windows Live webmail calendar?



I'm using Outlook 2010+latest version of Outlook Connector +Windows Live webmail. Calendar sync works fine in both directions but the Outlook To-Do bar only displays upcoming events from the local "Outlook" calendar, not my @live.com calendar (even though in the Outlook calendar pane the local calendar is unchecked and the @live.com calendar is checked).

You can definitely do that, here's how:

1. Click on the File tab.
2. On the Info screen (should be the default one that appears after clicking "File") click the "Account Settings" drop-down button.
3. Then click on "Account Settings" to go to the Account Settings screen.
4. Once at the Account Settings dialog box, click the "Data Files" tab.
5. Select your default e-mail account that you wish to sync your calendar with. (This would be your @LIVE account.)
6. All set! Enjoy your new To-Do bar with updated @Live calendar information.

This will also change a couple other beneficial settings, such as auto-recognizing contacts that are on your LIVE e-mail account.

From Microsoft Outlook:

"The default Outlook Data File contains the calendar that appears in the To-Do Bar and settings for Favorites, shared folders, and RSS feeds."

Hope that works!

Thanks. After following the above advice (and closing/restarting Outlook a couple times) everything is now working perfectly

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Done. Thanks again.

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Not a problem, glad it worked!

Hello! I recently tried to follow the directions in this post but when I try to set my live account as the default for date files. Outlook 2010 tells me that it is unavailable for selection. More specifically, under the location column it says "not available." My live account works fine otherwise but I would like to be able to use the calendar from it as the default calendar in the to do bar. Thank you for any help.

Were you ever able to resolve this???