I need a plain old calendar for Windows 11

andrew129260 · Apr 30, 2024

Ghot said:
Stuff like that was fun for me, about 15++ years ago.
These days... I just want things to work well out of the box.

It does work just fine out of the box, just not the way you want it to. :wink:

Good luck on your search

Ghot · Apr 30, 2024

NormanF said:
How about the Notion Calendar? Its integrated with Notion so you can use it to plan your tasks and daily activities.

Well the part in the RED box is nice. The rest is useless to me.

Wanna know what my schedule is?
I wake up, do my shower stuff, eat, hang out on the forums, work on my model rockets, and sleep.
Maybe watch a few series episodes stored on my HDD.

That's about it. Oh, and lots of doctor appts. But they're VA, and the VA sends me and texts me... reminders, till I'm ready to kill someone.

Ghot · Apr 30, 2024

andrew129260 said:
Good luck on your search

Thanks.

I do realize that this is a seriously nit-picky thing. But it's the only boss-monster left, that I haven't been able to beat.

Most of the regulars on here, spend a lot of time on the web looking for anti-MS tweaks, myself included.
This topic was created, just in case, someone stumbled over a solution, that I haven't been able to find... yet.

Something other than Explorer Patcher.

Fabler2 · Apr 30, 2024

I might keep this Easy calendar. It can start minimized so not showing in the toolbar and this is the size I get it to remember after a reboot,

Ghot · Apr 30, 2024

Fabler2 said:
I might keep this Easy calendar. It can start minimized so not showing in the toolbar and this is the size I get it to remember after a reboot,

As I said earlier... that's the closet I've seen yet.
It just looks too much like MS Word... to me. Not simplistic enough.

Ghot · Apr 30, 2024

Here's a pic of the Win 11 "Quick Access" and "calendar" when the Insiders, first got Win 11 back in July 2021.
It wasn't more than a week or two before MS messed it up...

MS had the perfect calendar on the first try. Then, they turned it into a nightmare.

UN-edited image... (well, it's really TWO pics in one)

I want this calendar... back.
I'd even settle for the Win 10 calendar, if I could get that without using Explorer Patcher.

And I want to be able to use the tutorial to disable Notifications in post #1 to work without breaking the calendar.
The tutorial to disable Notifications does work... it just breaks the calendar at the same time.

This is what I want Microsoft to give me for Christmas.... that's the calendar I want to see when I click on the clock.
P.S. No stupid BELL icon, either.

BunnyJ · Apr 30, 2024

Ghot said:
I came across that yesterday. Looks wise, it's nice, but it's not free and it has too much other stuff attached to it.

I didn't pay for the copy I have.

kelper · Apr 30, 2024

Well, I am definitely NOT getting notifications and the calendar still appears. I'm signed in as a User, not an Admin.

Ghot · Apr 30, 2024

BunnyJ said:
I didn't pay for the copy I have.

Can you somehow get rid of all those side windows.
And just leave the calendar?

Like just have this part?
Although I must say, that the white dot... bothers my OCD a bit.

Ghot · Apr 30, 2024

kelper said:
Well, I am definitely NOT getting notifications and the calendar still appears. I'm signed in as a User, not an Admin.

Oh... I don't "get" any notifications. There's just that fugly Notifications pane, above the calendar.
I feel quite sure that Brink's tutorial gets rid of that useless pane, but like I said... his tut also prevents the calendar from working at all.

So close.

kelper · Apr 30, 2024

Even if I sign in as admin and disable notifications, the calendar still works. Yes, the notification panel appears but it's empty. And it never pops up on its own. Windows 23H2 22631.3527

Ghot · Apr 30, 2024

kelper said:
Even if I sign in as admin and disable notifications, the calendar still works. Yes, the notification panel appears but it's empty. And it never pops up on its own.

Same for me.
Maybe I'm weird, but I have a problem with useless things cluttering up my operating system.

And even though you have notifications turned off in Settings... it's still running around checking on all kinds of things... in the background, even though it's not actually Notifying us.

If the BELL icon is on the Taskbar... Notifications is still... doing... things.

Anyway... time for some errands I have to do. Errands that I DON'T need a reminder or schedule for.

I don't want people to waste their time going crazy about this.
Just if you happen to see a solution on the web, etc., make sure to post it somewhere.

They'll probably have a float for you in the Thanksgiving Day parade in NYC, for a solution to this issue.

Be back in a few hours.

dacrone · Apr 30, 2024

here. the .txt - CHANGE extension to .ahk .... wouldnt let me upload an ahk here

BunnyJ · Apr 30, 2024

Ghot said:
Can you somehow get rid of all those side windows.
And just leave the calendar?

Like just have this part?
Although I must say, that the white dot... bothers my OCD a bit.

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You can.. there are options to turn them off.

NormanF · Apr 30, 2024

The perfect calendar still doesn't exist. This thread would've been much shorter if it was available!

BunnyJ · Apr 30, 2024

BunnyJ said:
You can.. there are options to turn them off.

Here's a screenshot,, you can make the Today and Events not visible.

Ghot · Apr 30, 2024

BunnyJ said:
You can.. there are options to turn them off.

Ooh... that one moves to the head of the list.

Ghot · Apr 30, 2024

I just cleaned the top of my stove, which hasn't been cleaned in 5 years.
Granted I don't use the stove top that often, but still.

Went through a can of Easy-Off, 1/2 a roll of Bounty paper towels and 8 previously used scrubby sponges, that I had saved for truly nasty cleanup jobs.

But now... it looks brand new, and I'm not sure yet whether I lived through the ordeal or not.