Outlook asks to save when closing appointments without any change

Anonymous
2023-01-02T08:14:20+00:00

When I open any appointment in outlook Calendar I have to save it before closing if I have locked my PC in between. Even If I did not change anything (applies to any invite also empty freshly created ones and also applies when outlook is started in safe mode + also applies on different PC / different account)

[![](https://learn-attachment.microsoft.com/api/attachments/20b86f9d-1cc2-4011-8f4d-a64e9f945f58?platform=QnASteps to reproduce:

  1. Open Outlook calendar, and open any appointment
  2. Put laptop to lock mode (windows key + L)
  3. Log in again
  4. Click the 'X' icon to close the appointment
  5. Outlook will pop up an alert box "Want to save your changes? Yes | No | Cancel " and the user has to select something.](https://learn-attachment.microsoft.com/api/attachments/20b86f9d-1cc2-4011-8f4d-a64e9f945f58?platform=QnA&fud_access=wJJIheezUklbAN2ppeDns8cDNpYs3nCYjgitr%2bfFBh2dqlqMuW7np3F6Utp%2fKMltnRRYFtVjOMO5tpbpW9UyRAwvLeec5emAPixgq9ta07Dgnp2aq5eJbnfd%2fU3qhn54gvgJwJvybOaDZLdxxWbmUU55lRVcs%2b2rsZqD5C%2f2ugIy6sqE3bmcGNiEPEvYKI16fklw5WYaFGrnASySzjzYPBMvt%2bVOvAQMf93S5Ko5apovha8xkf2t4FEpnnplUjx6vzNpK1AJ%2bm5J3PVtyfBv2Ngxo%2bKQEU%2b1bEbIrW6CGfvnpbcta1O6MDU7%2b9Ea77rcFd7uju0GTB3L41UvMQuArmQC6FPPSvSN6qLyVexBhQGTMqZUIG5uwLawp5kn016qCxHiiHVoGPOhOPlZjc2pXoVl6o5NdZl4BiPgXi2mF4g%3d "filestore.community.support.microsoft.com")

Disabling the weather information, scaling equal, new profile did not help for me, any idea how to solve this?

NOTE: There is still no solution / fix for this issue

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-05-30T11:06:34+00:00

    It is ridiculous that Microsoft cannot fix this bug for so many years - why don't you give the option to override this popup ?

    I don't care if the messages are not saved. Just allow me to close the damn thing without annoying - god, this is beyond ridiculous.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-09-18T14:37:30+00:00

    I also have this as a consistent issue. Getting prompted to save an existing/out dated invite when I have done essentially nothing to it is a inconvenience that scales to a waste of time depending on a person's meeting load

    It occurs from an existing invite, and the only item that appears to have 'changed' is I clicked on a virtual meeting link and it has gone from unused link styling to used link styling

    This is a massively annoying UX and a resolution would be greatly appreciated

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-08-29T15:24:25+00:00

    Go to File -> Options -> Calendar -> Scroll to the bottom and uncheck "Show Meeting Insights"

    I literally just fixed this issue today. I've had it for multiple years, and finally got fed up enough to do some research. I was aided by this suggestion "Go to File -> Options -> Calendar and unchecking Show weather on Calendar". I couldn't find a weather option, but the Insights option intrigued me, since it's a more recent addition. I was not expecting it to work but was very pleased when I found that it did. I hope this can solve someone else's problem.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-12-22T20:49:32+00:00

    outlook desktop and the OWA is terrible anymore, does nothing but freeze up my whole computer, was a great app, now it's trying to do to much all the time in the background. and not being able to drag and drop from mail is about as unproductive and big of a oversight as it gets. tells you theses MS engineer don't have that in mind. I'm sure it all works out nice with our phones though. the only thing MS techs seem concerned with anymore is how it functions on mobile. rather then bringing your whole company to a halt because a simple drag and drop no longer works and lcking on a mail makes outlook freeze up, jump all over like a transformer etc, it's just sad anymore with this new web wrapper. and i don't have time to go around on 500 diff computers/users and try these fixes that don't work.

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-07-26T16:03:35+00:00

    The file/ meeting is different after unlocking.

    I copied a meeting file to my desktop, then made a copy, both the same size.

    Opened and closed both files - same size

    Opened the copy, locked the desktop, after unlocking it behaved the same way (asked me to save)

    I saved the file and compared - it's different, but why

    Aside from the size, I tried to check the content but it's unreadable. Notepad++ does identify the difference though with the Compare plug-in

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