Cannot import .ics file into Outlook (new) app

I wish this would work for me. It doesn't. I'm still stalled out on this issue, and I've given up. I can simply add events to my calendar manually. What a shame it went from "easy" (pretty automatic) when downloading a .ics file to "no way". Thanks again, Microsoft for your sh*tty update.

Here is how it worked for me on new outlook.

1. dowload .ics file
2. rightclick it and open it with new oulook (though nothing happens here)
3. Open new outlook go to calendar tab and here a window prompted automatically to add the ics to the calendar.
4. select the calendar to add and its done.

Hiya. I have this same issue with "add to calendar" and .ics files not working and it's so frustrating! NONE of the things recommended on these threads worked, but I did find that if I download the .ics and then drag-and-drop to the New Outlook calendar window, it'll ask me which calendar I want to import to, and then it works. Still a PIA (pain-in-the-@##), but it works.

Hope this helps a little.

In the calendar in the new outlook, click add calendar in the navigation pane (just under the mini-calendar).

Select upload from file and either browse for the .ics file or drag and drop

Choose the calendar that you want to add it to.

As Rocky said many times to Bullwinkle, who was trying to pull a rabbit out of a hat, "That trick never works." This has been tried and tried, and Outlook puts a little message out at the bottom of the window, that reads, "Could not import file. Try again later." This is exactly what many people have reported, but to no avail. Thanks so much for trying to help, though.

In the calendar in the new outlook, click add calendar in the navigation pane (just under the mini-calendar).

Select upload from file and either browse for the .ics file or drag and drop

Choose the calendar that you want to add it to.