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
    2024-04-05T11:29:51+00:00

    I think it's incredible this problem continuous. It's april 2024, it annoys me daily.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-09-28T11:33:04+00:00

    Yes, I spend so much time closing all my email invites, please fix it!

    This has got to be the most annoying thing EVER - and no fix in sight.

    It's like some evil plan to drive users into outmost frustration - just like Copy and Paste retaining the source formatting - while it should be easy to fix.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-02-27T08:28:36+00:00

    My colleagues and I have also been annoyed on a daily basis by this same issue of asking to confirm any changes when trying to close a calendar invite that was simply read and not edited. So there is still no solution to correct it?

    Thanks

    correct there is no solution....

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-01-04T07:30:22+00:00

    A: outlook indeed required an update, but also after the update problem is still there

    B: downloaded SARA and however if you select problem with calendar you only can select three things not related to this issue... i tried all of them but none succeeded in a repair of the issue

    C: run the steps, the calcheckerr report showed some meetings which contained errors (duplicate ones, or one with many appendices) tried to delete those and restarted outlook but also that did not result in any improvement

    any other suggestions?

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-11-02T14:53:49+00:00

    When you click on a link (e.g. to open a Zoom or Webex link) you have clicked into the body of the meeting causing the application goes into Edit mode. Once it's been in edit mode, it cannot be closed until you save or discard changes.

    ... or a Teams Meeting link. This behavior is what people are telling you is a bug. No user expects that they are editing a meeting they are invited to when clicking a link to join the Teams meeting in it - it makes no sense to anyone.

    Thank you Mikkel for clarifying to Microsoft exactly what the issue is. Clicking on a link to join a meeting should not be considered an edit! I have lost many a half written email through jaded dismissing of this "feature" while closing outlook. The amount of wasted hours this bug has caused to the total Outlook community over the years they have refused to address it would make for a sobering statistic on the failure of support teams to prioritize correction of impactful bugs. Shame on the team that continue to ignore this thread and acknowledge the issue.

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