outlook error 'copying meetings is not supported' when copying to PST

Anonymous
2023-10-17T15:54:37+00:00

UPDATE: this only happens with the beta channel release. the standard channel I have on another computer works fine. then another question is... what is the reason behind this change?

hi all, starting this afternoon (october 17) when I try to copy from O365 to a local PST a calendar invite with participants on it (regardless of whether I created or received it) I receive an error message 'copying meetings is not supported'.

the only annoying workaround is to open the occurrence, save it to the desktop, drag and drop it to the PST. not ideal.

until yesterday when drag-dropping the same calendar invite, I would receive a message asking if I want to copy the occurrence or the series, and *poof* done.

OS: win 11 22h2 all updates installed, OS build 22621.2428, experience pack 1000.22674.1000.0, already restarted even though I know it wouldn't solve the issue. nothing in the event viewer.

outlook: it's the company O365 account. calendar fully synced, Windows client, no new version (come to think of it, the 'new version' button disappeared too from the client). Spoke to a mail admin and to my understanding they haven't activated any strange setting today.

PST: tried to move the calendar invite to two different, I am the owner, they are on my pc, permissions are right, files are small so limit size has not been reached.

calendar events: only events (series or standard occurrences) with participants in it are affected. all events created by myself and for myself can be copied as usual.

I checked the release notes and I can't see anything related to this.

so my questions are ... is it a new behavior? can it be deactivated given how irritating it is? any workaround less time consuming than the one above?

thanks!

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-01-11T18:33:40+00:00

    We use the copy meeting feature to book conference rooms. It would be so very helpful to please have the copy meetings to calendars feature returned.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-01-05T08:43:05+00:00

    If you have a version of Outlook that does not contain the registry key provided in the solution in this chain, here is another workaround to copy meetings from one calendar to another. Kind of kludgy, but slightly better than nothing:

    • Go into Calendar and select the two calendars where you want to share the meetings.
    • Under the "View" menu tab, select "Change View" and then select "List."
    • You should now see one of the two calendars in list view.
    • Go to the calendar from which you want to copy the meeting and select the meeting you want to copy (you can sort the list by start date or subject to help you find it).
    • Hit Ctrl + C.
    • Go to the list view of the calendar where you want to copy the meeting.
    • Select an item in the list (no idea why this is required, but if you just select the calendar itself, you can't copy the item. Don't worry, it doesn't affect the item you select.)
    • Hit Ctrl +V.
    • You should get a pop-up asking you if you want to accept the meeting, tentatively accept it, or copy it. Select Copy and hit OK.
    • You should now see the meeting in the list of the calendar you copied it to (and when you go back to Calendar View, it should appear there too).
    • I can't vouch for this last bullet because I haven't tried it yet, but it LOOKS like you can copy and then paste more than one meeting at a time.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-01-04T19:24:21+00:00

    I agree, Matt ... just dumping the code on is and making us change the registry is NOT helpful! That's not something we should be doing company-wide, and frankly should NEVER have been unilaterally decided by Microsoft in the first place. Let US decide how/when to use copy meeting. If we have problems based on those actions, then let US resolve them ourselves.

    I have multiple calendars I manage and this is unwanted change is now hampering my ability to manage meetings, deadlines and appointments for some our key staff.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-12-12T20:26:38+00:00

    So I want to thank everyone for all their answers in this thread.

    I also want to tell MSFT you are ridiculous for doing this.

    I did the registry edit and it works. FYI I did not even have to reboot; I just did the regedit with Outlook closed, re-opened Outlook and it was fixed.

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-11-14T02:58:20+00:00

    Due to this error, I opted out of Beta and installed the current channel (preview). The error disappeared until today; the same error message now reappeared in the current channel.

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