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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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Could someone explain how to open and change a registry? Not being all that Techy that is totally out of my realm of understanding but as others advise, running work calendars for different clients results in meeting copying being an absolute requirement for the business.
thanks
When Microsoft determines that a change is due to "best practice", run the other way, as it's going to "fix" things that weren't actually problems. This is their reasoning: "This is an intentional change to prevent copying meetings. Actions related to copied meetings yield unexpected results, so we recommend avoiding copying meetings. This has been a long-standing documented best practice. To limit the unexpected issues, the Outlook Team implemented blocking copying meetings." (from https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/outlook-blocks-copying-meetings-with-copying-meetings-is-not-supported-4baaa023-2199-4833-b7ac-d9f0715d50f1)
I drag-n-copy meetings in Outlook regularly (or at least I used to), especially with diverse distributions or complex notes / directions (like a ZOOM call)., so this change is particularly annoying for me.
The workaround defined at the link above does work ... if you're conversant with the registry and how to edit it - and know that you actually have to create this key e.g., it doesn't exist to edit:
Use this registry key to re-enable copying meetings:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Options\Calendar]
"EnableMeetingCopy"=DWORD:1
And, of course, MS basically says if you screw it up, don't come crying to us: "The Outlook Support Team will not troubleshoot issues related to copied meetings."
The arrogance of these people is amazing, even if it's not new - who do they think they are to tell me what a best practice is for my company?
I do not see this key.
Do you have to add this key?
I do not see this key.
Do you have to add this key?
I had to add this Key .
Should it look like this (if , yes, then even after rebooting, copying the meeting still doesn't work).