Events in New Outlook can not be edited, deleted, or created - events sent by others cannot be accepted.

Anonymous
2024-11-06T18:02:01+00:00

This problem is solely with the calendar with no other features appearing to be impacted. Whether the event has invited attendees or is solely meant for the personal calendar it will pop up with the same error message of " Something went wrong. We couldn't save your calendar even. Waiting a bit might help. Keep your calendar event open to try again later. Resume editing"

Waiting a bit does not help, nor does trying to resume editing. It's been 2 full straight work days and I keep getting this error when making or editing an event. If I try to delete an event it just reappears a moment later.

I have tried clearing the outlook cache, restarting the computer, going to settings>apps>installed apps>outlook and repairing, resetting, and terminating. Web outlook for the new outlook refuses to synch to the desktop app and so does not work as a workaround.

I did not create this email so I don't have admin abilities to do anything that requires permissions and there is no one in the office with the permissions either. Using classic outlook is also not an option because like I said I don't have admin permissions and its just full of popups if I try to open it.

The only thing that has shown some promise is going to outlook settings>accounts>manage IMAP>remove>remove from this device>uninstalling outlook>redownloading outlook from Microsoft store>logging in with IMAP.

When I do this I am able to edit, delete, create, and invite attendees to events but only for 20 minutes and then the error starts up again and it's just not realistic to go through that entire process EVERY TIME an event needs to be made or edited.

As of 11/13/2024: After more than a week of this issue an update appears to have been released and things seem to be working so far after I did this

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On the bottom ribbon of your computer you'll see a magnifying glass and a tab that says search. Click that and type: "Check for Updates"

Which will open the Windows Update page in your settings and the update will likely be there in which case your can click the restart button.

I updated and my Outlook seems to be working as normal again with editing, deleting, and creating events.

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Anonymous
2024-11-09T01:28:57+00:00

Hi blancheRV,

Thank you for your reply.

We found that some users did encounter this situation, so we are also actively counting these users who encountered the situation. I can understand how you feel that you can't use this function now, I didn't reply to you in time about this situation before, for which I deeply apologise, and I hope to get your understanding. Of course, if there is any progress on this issue, I will contact you promptly. Your opinion is very important to me.

In order to let other users know about this issue directly, could you mark this reply as ‘Yes’ so that users who are experiencing the same problem are aware of the situation, thank you.

Best Regards

Vivian - MSFT | Microsoft Community Support Specialist

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-11-09T13:39:44+00:00

    I have opened my calendar in Google and all of my events are listed and they can be deleted. Works fine, so maybe worth changing to Google. Also, my Outlook calendar has suddenly added a load of bank holidays and Remembrance Sunday etc which I did not want and cannot cancel. This must be a MS problem so they should be doing something as a matter of urgency.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-11-09T14:54:42+00:00

    I have just spent over half an hour with Microsoft support which I pay for annually. New Outlook has only recently been launched and is not yet fully functional. They are working on it but I have been advised to use Outlook Classic until the problems are resolved.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-11-09T15:10:33+00:00

    A Microsoft person told me that their engineers know about the issue and are working on a fix. No schedule was provided on when that might be available. I am using a paper calendar for now.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-11-09T15:16:14+00:00

    My issue with the new Outlook calendar also started about 24 hours ago. I also have a gmail account and everything has worked perfectly until yesterday. The only workaround I have found so far is to log into my Google account and keep my calendar open on my browser. I then have to create new calendar events or make changes to existing events directly in my Google Calendar. The new Outlook calendar then immediately updates to reflect those changes. So, it appears the Outlook calendar can receive information but can no longer initiate events or change events itself. This seems to me to be a Microsoft issue.

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