Copy meetings from one calendar to another no longer supported

Anonymous
2023-12-14T11:30:12+00:00

I'm using Outlook 365 on my Windows 11 PC, and the Outlook android app on my smartphone. On the PC, I have a work calendar, an association calendar, and a private one. The android app only has the private e-mail account and calendar (this is for security reasons). Until very recently, I have been able to copy meetings from the work and association calendars to the private one on my PC, so that they show up in my android Outlook app.

Microsoft has removed this functionality without warning. Outlook blocks copying meetings with “Copying meetings is not supported.” - Microsoft Support.

The workaround (involving editing the regsitry) works, but what is the long term solution?

Outlook | Windows | Classic Outlook for Windows | For business

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-01-24T15:47:18+00:00

    Agreed, this is massively frustrating. Outlook is supposed to be a productivity tool. making me enter separately each appointment in different calendars is the oppositie of productive. please bring the drag and drop functionality back. i cannot fathom why it was removed in the first place.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-01-24T16:07:16+00:00

    If you want to download the reg key to install it I posted a download in this forum thread, Calendar issue - copying event from one calendar to another - Microsoft Community.

    Here is the direct link, EnableMeetingCopyInOutlookDesktop. Download EnableMeetingCopy.reg and double click on it to add it to your registry.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-01-24T16:27:33+00:00

    Will that work for users at a business that locks users out of making changes to laptops and computers ?

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-01-24T16:34:24+00:00

    We copy meetings quite frequently, and have never had any "unexpected results" as MS puts it. Must have been a bump in the road to something that would have been convenient for them.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-01-24T17:18:57+00:00

    Dave,

    It will depend how locked down it is. The regkey is in the User section of the registry. I would try setting the regkey and see if it works. If IT has it locked down the reg key may get removed later.

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