Cannot import .ics file into Outlook (new) app

Same issue here, I cannot select a calendar when I open the .ics file with new Outlook, This workaround to send the calendar invitation to my own e-mail address was successful. Thanks for the creative solution! Now MS needs to figure out why I cannot select a calendar when I open the original .ics file

Here it is with screenshots:

1. Download the ICS file and save it (do not open it) - remember to which folder you save it. This is how the options appear in the Microsoft Edge browser (other browsers will look different, but the idea is the same: Save the file, do not open it).

2. Open that folder, and right-click on the ICS file.
https://learn-attachment.microsoft.com/api/attachments/f60cc51f-2eb0-4d71-b552-0d38bf3fa78f?platform=QnA&fud_access=wJJIheezUklbAN2ppeDns8cDNpYs3nCYjgitr%2BfFBh2dqlqMuW7np3F6Utp%2FKMltnRRYFtVjOMO5tpbpW9UyRAwvLeec5emAPixgq9ta07Dgnp2aq5eJbnfd%2FU3qhn5468d%2FAcsoZ8qAcl1BsgcI7Y0G0g9hxpO7IbEMVZcrPpyiP03IM4MEpwNf6IvnX3mgb31pTWddAtnYGrjkYI%2FpDTGmWJrV5lNfZq39LM%2BGCf1C5EbS%2FeWk4DBL9KdJUlgD237WXTOX2K1irCQXM0K7IYz4jChp%2BCwXiHqjYdxV3M4VxNkGVsoH2MfVU04i7gZ%2FRm5Tq2bYgrLLXAZFznKAOqp6mu5zp7YdgYENreMu%2FJP%2FOIPCxdQ4NvMBsv0OmBGfLKkleom8nVJR8kEmqFHll4ofnnaJmyp3%2FbVqg2mJlqw%3D 3. Click on "Open with" and then scroll down to and select (click on): Outlook (new) 4. Select which calendar to add the event to (you might have only one calendar, but you still need to select it). First click on the drop-down arrow, you will then see your account email address with Calendar below that—click on Calendar.

5. After you select your calendar, click Import.

There are other methods to accomplish this task, but this is the simplest (easiest) for me.

New Outlook is absolutely annoying. There are so many simple features that have been removed. Attachments have become combersome and need to be downloaded twice, settings are hidden and extremely limited, moving files is sketchy and a whole host of other things. Whoever did this 'upgrade' obviously doesn't have a real job.

I've done all the methods and nothing works. It looks like your picture above, the calendar is greyed out and it doesn't actually import. Why is this so difficult???

That's the thing....when many of us are getting to the "Select Calendar" step, there are no calendars in the drop box.

That's the bug.