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

Anonymous
2022-08-17T23:18:32+00:00

Every time I click on New Meeting it opens my browser and its very frustrating. How do you shut this functionality off?

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-02-23T22:46:28+00:00

    The fix is being tested so hopefully it will release soon. It will be a service side fix from the OWA Team. If I get more specifics on release build or time I will post back.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-02-13T18:16:01+00:00

    Just for awareness the OWA Team is working on a fix for this issue. I don't have an ETA yet but it is being worked on with priority. The last update is the fix is in code review so hopefully release soon.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-01-06T15:15:55+00:00

    Have you tried the Legacy roompanel registry key? That worked for my users with the issue when webview2 didnt. Again it isnt a solution but so far that one has stuck for the longest for me

    For clarification that was:

    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.

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-12-07T16:13:52+00:00

    I'm having a similar issue where every time one of our users clicks on an email (seems random as to which ones it happens on) it opens the OWA for that account.

    I'm having the exact same problem for myself and several of my company's staff. Not specifically with meetings, but as you said, just reading an email (not even clicking on anything) can cause this to open and it's infuriating. We also block OWA, so the window will never load. The link it's trying to open seems to be to do with activity feeds, https://outlook.office.com/opx/******@companyname.org.uk/activityfeed/?hostApp=outlookdesktop&culture=en-US.

    I'm going to try the regedit someone over on Reddit posted to see if it'll help here even though mine's activity feed rather than meeting room-related, even if it's only a short term fix. For anyone that has Reddit blocked and can't access it at work at work, what they suggested was:

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

    Posted by someone called Barakta over on Reddit.

    *Edit* the regedit above does not work, Outlook continues to try to open OWA as per the above link :(

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-12-02T16:40:41+00:00

    I'm having a similar issue where every time one of our users clicks on an email (seems random as to which ones it happens on) it opens the OWA for that account.

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