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
    2023-12-04T14:29:09+00:00

    Click on the Start button or search and type Regedit then press enter. It will open the registry, then go to the path above "Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Options\Calendar" Once there right-click on the page under "WorkDay and select new DWORD (32-bit) value. Enter EnableMeetingCopy in the Name field and press enter. Press enter one more time to open the new entry and set the Value data to 1 then Click OK. After that restart the computer and test.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-12-06T20:43:01+00:00

    Why would Microsoft not just offer a simple on/off feature rather than removing it completely.

    Enable Copy (meetings) / Disable Copy (meetings), surely it couldn't be that difficult.
    To some, this is a very useful tool and annoyingly it feels like the decision to disable this feature wasn't very well thought out.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-12-07T22:55:51+00:00

    Losing this feature negatively affects our ability to work efficiently.

    It's crazy that we need to mess around with the registry to regain basic functionality that Microsoft suddenly decided to remove.

    We've been copying meetings between calendars for years, with no "unexpected issues."

    Also, if copying meetings is so bad, why does Microsoft provide a whole button in Outlook to do just that? (Meeting tab > "Copy to my calendar")

    How about just providing a button in Outlook to do the opposite ("Copy to other calendar")?

    Maybe that could also allow Microsoft to gain control over whatever the "unexpected issues" were...

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-12-08T10:05:09+00:00

    None of what MS has said about this rings true. Smacks of 'We've caused some issues implementing some changes elsewhere in the software and it's going to be too difficlut to sort out, so let's just remove the functionality of the thing which it's affected."

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-12-11T21:52:54+00:00

    I agree with you 100%. Unbelievable.

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