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 11 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 6 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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Dan Winslow 10 Reputation points

2023-04-12T14:11:05.35+00:00

This has been occurring for at least a decade. What it is 'caused by' is if anything changes in the open appointment, it gets marked as 'updated', and the standard close functionality will ask you if you want to keep the changes. The weather, your current online status, whether you are logged in or not, and maybe even what time it currently is, anything at all - if it gets changed then the whole email is marked as updated, even if whatever it was gets subsequently changed back to its original value.
What's missing is a mechanic of whether something is important or not...and probably a huge, complicated selection panel to turn on and off things you consider important or not. Plus, the ability to have things insert themselves like add-ons (zoom, etc.) and who knows what new raft of updatable items they bring along. In short, it's a very difficult problem and the huge amount of contextual data tied up in a appointment makes it even worse. Who could tell whether some random change from the weather or an add-on is important or not? Do you want it to ask you every time for every bit of changed data? That would be worse. The alternative of ignoring some changes (that happen without your intervention) versus your directly typed in changes allows for the possibility that important changes could be lost, and that would be worse.
So- It's never going to be fixed, it is annoying as heck, and that's the end of the story. My advice - close your appointments immediately after you are done with them.
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Steven Wu 10 Reputation points

2024-01-10T15:47:55.06+00:00

I concur. This issue exists at least for 10 years. It's kind of related to laptop recovery from sleep mode. I think outlook need different way detecting changes. It happens to me almost daily when I start to work
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Paul J 15 Reputation points

2024-01-10T15:53:45.4533333+00:00

The greater theme in all these forums where folks struggle with this issue is that Microsoft / Outlook team needs to take control of the situation. No matter what settings are set, there should be no plugin, no sleep mode, nothing at all that should impact a user’s ability to close an unchanged (ie visible fields) appointment item with a SINGLE CLICK on the X.
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Josh Horton 31 Reputation points

2024-01-10T16:13:40.6533333+00:00

God, all of what Paul says 100%.

My suspicion is there are a number of issues involved with how Outlook tracks changes in calendar entries.

However, #1 is probably the "link state" updates when you click on a Zoom/Webex/Teams meeting. From an engineer's perspective, sure, something changed. But from a human understanding, I didn't update any material details in the meeting so Outlook should let me close it without a pop-up.

Given 95% of the calendar entries I actually open are meeting invites, it seems like it would be a pretty easy fix to just IGNORE the link turning from blue to purple (or whatever Outlook is tracking behind the scenes).
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Richard Cioci 6 Reputation points

2022-02-03T13:23:40.08+00:00

Does it occur for you if the meeting has a link and you click the link? Like a teams or zoom invite? I think this might be the issue, which still to me would mean I haven't change the invite so I don't want to see the prompt every time.
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IoTconsultancy.nl 31 Reputation points

2022-02-15T07:50:02.473+00:00

Initially I also thought it was related to clicking meeting links (being counted as "a change") but I can't reproduce the issue in that way with my current/latest Outlook client. The "put laptop into sleep mode" steps I describe above can reproduce the issue.
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Jade Liang-MSFT 9,956 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2021-05-31T05:47:53.35+00:00

Hi @Tobias Ziegler ,

Did it occur on a specific appointment or all appointments/meetings in your calendar, if it occurred on any specific items only, are there any differences between them and others? And whether you have input and then delete any words in those appointments?

If you just open and close the appointment, I have tried to test on my Outlook 365 version 2105 (Build 14026.20246), but found it could work normally when I open and close the appointment/meetings. In order to further confirm if your issue is related to your account or client, it's suggested to log into your web mail to check if the issue could be reproduced there.

If it could work normally on your web mail, the issue may be related to your client itself. Based on my research, any add-ins may cause it, it's recommended to restart your outlook in safe mode to check if the issue has any differences(Windows + R >type "Outlook.exe /safe">enter).

If you could work normally in safe mode, it's recommended to disable your add-ins gradually to check which one causes the issue(File>Options >Add-ins>COM add-ins,Go>uncheck the add-in to disable it).

If the issue still exists, considering corrupted outlook data file or profile may also cause it, it's recommended to create a new Outlook profile for testing(Control Panel>Mail>Show profiles>Add>readd your account).

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Jade Liang-MSFT 9,956 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2021-06-04T08:29:44.093+00:00

Hi @Tobias Ziegler ,
Does this issue have any updates? If it has been resolved, please click "Accept as answer" to mark useful post or share your solution, your action would benefit others who have similar issues. If you have any questions or need further assistance, please feel free to post back. Thanks!

Tobias Ziegler 56 Reputation points

2021-06-04T09:09:23.38+00:00

It happens with every appointment, not only a specific one.
As I am on a journey I cannot test safe mode this week. Will come back wirh the results

Jade Liang-MSFT 9,956 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2021-06-07T07:31:52.783+00:00

Thanks for your reply and looking forward to your update. Have a nice trip :)

Gaston De Zavaleta 1 Reputation point

2021-07-05T13:45:52.827+00:00

I have the same issue.

Josh Horton 31 Reputation points

2022-03-23T15:13:45.833+00:00

This is incredibly simple and easy to replicate. If you leave a calendar invite open past the date of the invite, closing it asks you if you want to save changes. It's infuriating Microsoft hasn't fixed this stupid bug in any iteration of Outlook. It's been a persistent issue in every iteration of Outlook I've ever used.

IoTconsultancy.nl 31 Reputation points

2022-03-23T18:50:08.147+00:00

@Josh Horton Interesting, when you say "leave a calendar invite open past the date of the invite" it sounds like you open it at the date of the invite (e.g. when the online meeting starts). And do you mean leaving the PC on until a future date (e.g. the next day)? Or do you rather switch it to sleep/hibernate mode, then wait for the next date, and then wake up the PC from sleep again? In the latter case (sleep or hibernate) the issue can be reproduced without waiting for the future date - see my post below of Jan 27 2022.

Josh Horton 31 Reputation points

2022-03-23T19:46:38.82+00:00

Something like this, yes. It's always happened on my corporate machines. When I go home I don't always remember to close out the calendar invites over the past few days; the system gets locked but not restarted.

I'm just surprised this hasn't been resolved. In 15+ years this has always been a pain in the neck.

Steven Wu 10 Reputation points

2024-01-10T15:51:53.3466667+00:00

I don't understand the design why add-in causing the issue, can outlook use different way detect changes? It's a decade old bug and I'm amazed MS never fixed it.
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Willem 11 Reputation points

2023-01-02T10:29:23.327+00:00

all of the above did not fix my issue. I've added a ticket to the microsoft community. It could help us if you indicate you have the same problem there -->

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook_com/forum/all/outlook-asks-to-save-when-closing-appointments/874c6736-c55f-4444-abaf-e8534a761380
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IoTconsultancy.nl 31 Reputation points

2023-01-02T14:17:39.6+00:00

I added my comment on that forum. Locking Windows and then unlocking by logging in again is probably the easiest way to reproduce this issue.
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