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Outlook desktop calendar defaults to open at 12am instead of the work day

Anonymous
2024-07-19T17:44:10+00:00

I use the desktop version and it opens with midnight at the top instead of 8am like is used to

  1. the Web version opens to the current time but the desktop version opens to 12am (see screen shot)

I would like it to open either to the beginning of my day (at 8am like is used to) or the current time is fine as well (like the web version does)

  1. my desktop version is

I can scroll down every time but its annoying. My work hours are set to 8am-4pm. I am not using New Outlook because you cannot move the folders around. This issue is only a few months old.

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-09-11T01:30:51+00:00

    Hi, I had this issue as well - the fix for me was to change the work hours from Outlook on the web, as the Outlook desktop client is currently broken, with the inability to save work hours.

    Click the gear wheel, then choose Calendar, work hours and location, and change the start time to 9am (or whatever time you start). When you change this, it will give you the option to save, and then after a few minutes restart outlook desktop and it will work.

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-07-03T14:44:51+00:00

    This issue surfaced after trying out the new outlook and reverting back to the old. I was able to solve the issue by changing the work time in the online outlook web client then changing it back. After doing this, the calendar scrolling issue went away in the desktop client.

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-06-02T14:19:12+00:00

    Changing the hours of the workday and/or location somehow magically fixes the issue, is everyone's point. Don't know why, but it works.

    I had to close the desktop version, go to the online app (which I NEVER use by the way, Microsoft), fiddle with my work hours and designate a location. Wait about 30 seconds, then reopen the desktop version.

    "Intent" is all well and good but does nothing to reimburse my company for the time I spent fixing this stupid issue that has never occurred before.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-09-10T06:16:18+00:00

    I find it ridiculous that this has been an issue since January and is still a problem. I don't know why Microsoft is expecting individual IT teams to do an enterprise fix given it's clearly the code that's the problem. I thought the New Outlook might be a good option - but there was no warning that it might cause problems. Thanks, for that too, Microsoft. Now, like all these and I'm sure, many, many others, we are doomed to scrolling down every single time we look at our Calendar. It is appalling that you can't find a fix for this, that it's gone on for the better part of a year. I suspect nobody is working on it and eventually, we'll be forced to use the new Outlook which is worse than the old and which clearly, nobody wants to use. Thanks for nothing.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-08-07T20:39:16+00:00

    I am having the exact same issue when switching to the new outlook from the old. I just want to see day hours.

    My work hours are set for 7:30 - 4:30 and the default screen is 12 am - 11:59 pm which causes constant scrolling up and down as well as having so much info crammed into the screen when having it default to say 30 minutes before and after your work hours would be so much easier to read.

    Why is this a setting in the old outlook but not in the new outlook? I do not accept the previous advice that it's a system administrator issue. I should be able to customize my own calendar view.

    Please advise, thanks!

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