Vista - Windows Calendar Reminders

Vista's Windows Calendar does not play sound for Reminders, even though I've checked that option & assigned a sound through Control Panel>Sounds.

The Reminders DO show when Calendar is not running, popping up behind all other open windows… That's a bit too subtle: I'd prefer they gave me an audible yoo-hoo to catch my attention.

I have no problem assigning or hearing sounds for any other program except Calendar.

Is there a magic trick, secret handshake, etc., that's required to activate the sound for Calendar?

The magic trick is in Options under Files

Been there, done that... That was the first thing I tried, & it didn't/doesn't work.

Perhaps I should have worded my original post more specifically. When I stated that I had checked that option, I of course meant that I did so via File>Options>Play sound for Reminders.

I've tried everything I could think of. Vista tends to hide what used to be simple user functions: that's why I'm still hoping to discover the magic trick to this one.

At this point, I'd be happy if I could just get the Calendar Reminders to pop up in front of other windows, instead of hiding in the background!