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

Unfortunately, this did not resolve the relatively-new issue, in which an OWA browser tab pops up, in response to my simply starting the Outlook desktop application.

Uninstalling webview2 was a non-permanent solution.

David,

I feel your pain. Right there with ya!

After a month or so of "relative peace" (no OWA RoomFinder zombie web browser pop-ups), the issue returned (likely as a result of applying a company-mandated Windows update).

This time, I followed instructions from Jacob Greenfield: (thank you, Jacob!)

• In Registry Editor, navigate to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Options\Calendar
• Right click on Calendar and select New DWord (32-bit) value.
• Set the Name to ShowLegacyRoomFinder and press Enter.
• Right click the new key, select Modify and set the Value data to 1.
• Close Registry Editor and restart Outlook.

...and this worked for OWA pop-ups that appear when I create new calendar events/meetings.

Unfortunately, this did not resolve the relatively-new issue, in which an OWA browser tab pops up, in response to my simply starting the Outlook desktop application.

Uninstalling webview2 was a non-permanent solution. Worse: I've read that webview2 is necessary to use MS PowerBI -- software I now need to use, so I see that as a non-starter, for me.

Suggestions, appreciated!

Is there an ETA on the fix for this yet? The issue is quite troublesome to work with.

webview2 is needed for powerbi desktop app. i will try this.

BigH77,

The reason this is taking longer than expected is because OPX was not designed to work without OWA. This is design change, (DCR) level work to make OPX controls work independent of OWA. This should have been taken into consideration when the Outlook Team was building OPX controls, but now that it is being worked on it is a lot to implement. The OWA Team is working on it with priority. The delay is just a reflection of how much work is needed to address it.