Outlook asks to save when closing appointments without any change.

Tobias Ziegler 56

When I open any appointment in outlook calendar I have to save it before closing. Even If I did not change anything.
Any idea how to solve this?

Using M365 - Version 2105

JK 16 Reputation points

2022-10-07T17:16:14.907+00:00

This can be fixed by going to File -> Options -> Calendar and unchecking Show weather on Calendar. If the weather changes while the appt is open, it prompts to save changes before you can close it.
Tobias Ziegler 56 Reputation points

2022-10-17T08:59:36.787+00:00

Sounds like a quick resolution. Will test it - thank you!
Chuck Molnar 11 Reputation points

2022-10-24T14:30:00.937+00:00

This didn't work for me. Weather wasn't even enabled.
Tobias Ziegler 56 Reputation points

2022-10-24T14:50:00.047+00:00

Did not work for me. Had weather enabled and disabled it. Still have to save all unchanged appointments.
IoTconsultancy.nl 31 Reputation points

2022-10-31T10:16:19.513+00:00

Also didn't work for me, unfortunately.
Huckestein, Chase 0 Reputation points

2023-03-16T20:13:44.73+00:00

Would be great to have this fixed - if the only thing that changed was I clicked a link in the meeting (to join) don't prompt to save before closing
HNold 0 Reputation points

2023-03-17T06:44:14.7466667+00:00

unbelievable, but did work for me! thank you very much for this help
MS_SUCKS 0 Reputation points

2024-04-10T04:03:10.9+00:00

This bullshit issue sucks so much, i can't tell. Guess developers never used outlook on their own, so they never ran into this issue, maybe only sitting at home with no meetings at all, explains the low software quality.

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Sean C. Meeks 51 Reputation points

2022-02-09T16:43:27.447+00:00

Same here. This is a constant Outlook headache, and it seems to be related to clicking links (Zoom or Teams) in a meeting appointment. After the click, it forces a save changes dialog box. Seems like this should be an easy fix, and it would save me 5-8 false events every day.
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IoTconsultancy.nl 31 Reputation points

2022-02-15T07:53:01.993+00:00

Are you able to reproduce this issue when clicking a link and then closing the appointment window? If yes it would be useful to know your Outlook client version perhaps. If not, then you might try my above steps of putting the laptop into sleep mode, waking up again, and then trying to close the window. In my case this reproduces the issue (on client version 2112 (Build 14729.20260 Click-to-Run))

Nathan Tennant 5 Reputation points

2023-03-22T14:14:42.6033333+00:00

Yes, I can (not OP). Clicking a zoom link with Zoom plugin and Outlook version of:
Microsoft® Outlook® for Microsoft 365 MSO (Version 2302 Build 16.0.16130.20298) 64-bit, Zoom Outlook Plugin 5.14.0.849

Paul J 25 Reputation points

2023-04-05T17:55:04.74+00:00

This is definitely the issue. Zoom/Teams and Outlook are two of the most commonly paired software platforms in all of business - How this is not yet worked out in 2023 is beyond me. Think of all the lost productivity as people hunt for the "Save" dialog among their pile of windows to tidy their desktop. It negates the usefulness of Window's Task View, since you can't directly close a stack of Zoom invite Outlook email windows from there. You have to toggle into and out of the interface to close (and choose Not to Save) the windows one. by. one. Ouch! Plus, an unfortunate side-effect is a "boy-who-cried-wolf" effect, where you are now rapidly mass-clicking "No" on the save dialog, and accidentally lose a legitimate draft that you should have saved.

Todd O'Keefe 15 Reputation points

2023-06-09T18:33:39.1033333+00:00

I'm going to pile on here because this is a daily annoyance for me. I have 3 monitors and a ton of stuff open throughout the day. Just trying to clean up the mess is a gigantic headache. Hover over the outlook icon pinned to the taskbar, try and X out of the 20 open e-mails and meeting detail windows and get thwarted by the windows alert noise. The save changes dialogue box is hidden under 10 other open files that I have to minimize across 3 monitors in a soul crushing scavenger hunt. My question - under what circumstances would following a link in a meeting invite ever make me want to save changes? I can tell you that I certainly don't have a need, if you want to keep that functionality for some crazy edge-case, then make it a setting in the options menu. Then, you can have a thread about that with an actual solution.

IoTconsultancy.nl 31 Reputation points

2023-06-12T10:01:40.5933333+00:00

@Nathan Tennant The Zoom plugin could actually modify the event's data in some way if you click a link - this may be likely an issue that the plugin developer (not Microsoft -> Zoom) would have to solve. To test that, you could disable or remove the plugin and test with Zoom appointments and clicking the link. In my case (without Zoom plugin), clicking such links doesn't trigger the issue.

Context: for some people this issue can be reproduced by opening any appointment, locking the PC, then unlocking, and trying to close the appointment window.@ Todd O'Keefe Maybe useful to specify if you used the Zoom plugin, or the Zoom add-in, if the problem is also there with disabled Zoom plugin, and if the problem also occurs with links in non-Zoom appointments? And maybe if the problem is also triggered by just locking your PC without clicking any links, would be curious about that :-)
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V S 36 Reputation points

2021-12-02T22:17:48.967+00:00

I have the same issue. It's extremely annoying. Even if you have not made any change, it asks the question, and then it makes you doubt yourself. Has Microsoft not tested this thoroughly?
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Brit Anderson 6 Reputation points

2022-11-04T16:14:45.437+00:00

Same issue. No changes, no weather enabled, not moving from different screen scales, not going into hibernate. It still happens EVERY time I close an outlook meeting window. No exceptions. Every single time. I had to just disable the exclamation sound on my computer. I'm hosting zoom calls and this annoying sound continuously interrupts. Very annoying and clearly a bug since nothing actually does change to the meeting invite other than clicking the link to start the meeting.

Nathan Tennant 5 Reputation points

2023-03-22T13:54:41.5666667+00:00

This is my problem as well. Clicking Zoom links in the body (subject and location line zoom links not clickable).
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IoTconsultancy.nl 31 Reputation points

2022-01-27T08:22:13.78+00:00
I managed to reproduce the issue, as below. Key point it that the issue only occurs (it seems) when the laptop has been into sleep mode while an Outlook appointment window was opened.

Outlook version: 2112 (Build 14729.20260 Click-to-Run)
Steps to reproduce:

Open Outlook calendar, and open any appointment

Minimize all windows (e.g. use Windows key + D to show desktop)

Wait a few seconds

Put laptop to sleep mode (e.g. from start menu Power -> Sleep)

Wake laptop from sleep mode and log in again

Hover over the Outlook icon in the taskbar (small calendar window preview and appointment window preview will show), hover to the small appointment preview window and click the 'X' icon to close it)

Outlook will pop up an alert box "Want to save your changes? Yes | No | Cancel " and the user has to select something.

If multiple appointments were open, it gives the alert box for each of those.
@Jade Liang-MSFT maybe you can see if you can reproduce this issue also.
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Willem 11 Reputation points

2023-01-02T08:07:53.847+00:00

Yes i can reproduce this as well also with just 5 steps:

Steps to reproduce:

Open Outlook calendar, and open any appointment

Put laptop to lock mode (windows key + L)

Log in again

Click the 'X' icon to close the appointment

Outlook will pop up an alert box "Want to save your changes? Yes | No | Cancel " and the user has to select something.

As suggested by other members of this topic, setting my multiple screens to display scale = 100% does not work. also disabling wheater does not work..

Hope windows team can fix this asap

Adee Ran (aran) 0 Reputation points

2023-02-01T12:51:49.02+00:00

Confirming, the same 5 steps reproduce the problem for me too, consistently.

I get the dialog box regardless of the content and type of the meeting/appointment; empty ones, recurring, whole day, and whether I'm the owner or was invited.

I do not get the dialog box with other outlook items (email messages, tasks, contacts).

Also, this is not related to the screen scaling (I have three monitors and tested multiple combinations of scaling, none of them affected the problem).

Microsoft® Outlook® for Microsoft 365 MSO (Version 2212 Build 16.0.15928.20196) 64-bit

Paul J 25 Reputation points

2023-04-05T17:56:29.1066667+00:00

I think the "Sleep Mode" thing and the Zoom link thing are likely two independent issues. I suspect the Zoom link issue is more prevalent and should be addressed more urgently.
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謙一矢ヶ部 26 Reputation points

2022-04-18T09:34:50.98+00:00

I had the same problem and found reproducible conditions and a solution.
In my case, it was due to the difference in the display scale of the monitors.

If you are using multiple monitors, check to see if the display scale of each is the same.
If they are not, set them both to the same display scale.
(Right click on the desktop, "Display settings", "Size of text, apps, and items on this display")

For example, if you have two monitors with different display scales and the appointment window is opened on a monitor other than the one where the main Outlook window was first opened, you will be prompted to save the appointment even though you are not editing it.
I believe this is a bug.

Hope this helps.

Ken
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Michael 1 Reputation point

2022-06-10T18:28:09.167+00:00

Awesome! This is exactly what I had going on: three monitors, and the primary one happened to be scaled at 125%, w/ the other two at 100%. Who knew? Really appreciate the tip.

IoTconsultancy.nl 31 Reputation points

2022-10-31T10:20:24.19+00:00

I also use 2 monitors, both at 100% display scale. (Resolutions are different though because of hardware and size differences.) The outlook windows open only on monitor 1.
So this fix would not work for me unfortunately; I still have the issue. Interesting that there are widely different working fixes for different people e.g. like turning off calendar weather as noted in another response.

Tommy Petersen 5 Reputation points

2023-03-15T15:02:50.7666667+00:00

Exactly same problem here with the scale option. WHen i changed it, it stopped asking to save all popups.
Annoying to have to run 100% scale on 3rd monitor, im to old to see wihtout the 125%.
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Richard Rydström 11 Reputation points

2022-02-15T05:45:50.25+00:00

I've had the same issue since Office/Outlook 2013 and I'm now running O365.
I do believe this issue is related to using the sleep/hibernate feature. I've been using hibernate for years and it seems as if that is what's causing this issue.
Should be fairly easy for someone from Microsoft support to re-produce by simply opening a calendar item (most of my invites are with a Teams online-meeting link), hibernate the computer (using Windows 10), start the computer again and then try to close the opened calendar.

Keeping my fingers crossed this annoying "bug" can be solved.

/Richard
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Smiley, Cassandra 5 Reputation points

2024-06-24T13:26:41.7233333+00:00

The following solved the issue for me (removing the 2016 Social Connector add-in):
https://updates.atkinsgroup.com/2021/05/28/outlook-prompts-to-save-original-e-mail-after-forward-or-reply/
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