How to stop outlook from opening a browser every time I create a meeting?

I have the same issue. Exactly as above

When they would create a meeting a webpage for

https://outlook.office.com/opx/\*\*user\_email\_address\*\*/roompanel/?hostApp=outlookdesktop&culture=en-US would attempt to open and because their account has Outlook on the Web disabled the page would get stuck and never resolve.

I see the first post on this is in August, now it's November and all Microsoft said was According to my test result, create new meeting in Outlook won't open browser. Your scenario shouldn't be an expected behavior based on my experience.

Why can't you fix a bug like this faster? We're literally paying you thousands for this and this is the customer service we get?

Someone on Reddit's provided the solution that's worked for my issue (of Outlook repeatedly trying to open OWA in browser when reading emails) and it sounds like this should also address the calendar issue:

[–]The_Poobah2 points 3 days ago

I just heard back an update on this - it's related to a pre-installation that MS has begun implementing on machines, Microsoft Edge WebView2. Desktop apps on 365 use WebView2 to deliver some web-based functionalities.

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i.e. If you have WebView2 installed, RoomFinder will use that to search, and appears the same to 365 as OWA.

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The tech just suggested uninstalling WebView2 to resolve the issue, and said he's just replicated it 100% of the time.

I uninstalled this WebView2 thing using an elevated command prompt:

C:\WINDOWS\system32>cd C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\108.0.1462.46\Installer

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\108.0.1462.46\Installer>setup.exe --uninstall --msedgewebview --system-level --verbose-logging --force-uninstall

Note that the numbers 108.0.1462.46 may be different for you depending on what version you've got installed.

Doing this crashed Outlook, I'd recommend closing it before you take these steps! Reopened it afterwards and it's been fine ever since, happy days.

I have sent this over to MS support in my open ticket, they had been trying to help but weren't getting very far - asking me to do things like verify it still happens with no add-ins enabled, in safe mode, etc.

Hope this helps everyone else :)

Hi I was experiencing this issue with a client that I support. The client business has Outlook on the Web disabled for their users.

When they would create a meeting a webpage for

https://outlook.office.com/opx/**user_email_address**/roompanel/?hostApp=outlookdesktop&culture=en-US would attempt to open and because their account has Outlook on the Web disabled the page would get stuck and never resolve. They could still continue to make the meeting as normal So it wasnt exactly disrupting the ability to work besides a window that would pop up and get in the way.

I grabbed the build version of one of the 2 known users that were affected. (Build15629.20208 Click-to-run) Business standard

I tried troubleshooting with various methods first with the COM addons seeing as "roompanel" is related to teams I tried to disable that addon and all of them honestly with no success.

I tried opening the meeting from different places and it still would open a webpage after trying to enter any information.

I turned Outlook on the web back on and it would work fine without opening a webpage

I turned it back off and the webpage would come back

I ran Outlook in safemode and the page wouldnt appear.

After I ran Safe mode I tried to run Microsoft SARA to record what it might be doing and when it asked to reproduce the issue it wouldnt do it.

So I closed SARA and outlook and tried to recreate it again under normal circumstances and I could not seem to get it to come back, Which would be a Win if not for the fact that I have no idea what I did to make it stay away.

We have the same issue with 3 users.

Microsoft please fix and the users are complaining about this.

Dear 01Julie,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community!According to my test result, create new meeting in Outlook won't open browser. Your scenario shouldn't be an expected behavior based on my experience. It maybe a client issue or it maybe caused by product and version, to further test and check this issue, may I know:1. For my test client is Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise 15330.20264, may I know your product and full version list? You can check this information in Outlook > File > Office Account: 2. The account you selected when creating New Meeting in Outlook is Microsoft 365 Business account, Microsoft personal account (Outlook.com), or third-party account? 3. In Mail pane, we can click "New Items" > "Meeting", in Calendar pane we can click "New Meeting", do both places have this issue?

Regards, Etta | Microsoft Community Moderator