
Next, check the box next to the Automatically accept meeting requests and remove canceled meetings and click Ok. In Outlook 20, it is called Auto Accept/Decline which is more intuitive and understanding comparing to somewhat confusing the Resource Scheduling button in Outlook 2010. Notice, that the button has a different name. Again, locate the Calendar section in the left sidebar. What you need to find is the Options button. Just like with Outlook 2010, locate the File button in the upper-left corner of Outlook’s main window. The only difference is slight changes in the user interface, which is why we cover every version in a different section of the article. How to enable automatic meeting requests to accept in Outlook 2013 and Outlook 2016įor your information: configuring Outlook to automatically accept meeting requests is almost 100% the same in all the most recent versions. In the new window, place a checkmark next to the Automatically accept meeting requests and remove canceled meetings. Click on Calendar in the left sidebar, scroll down and locate the Resource Scheduling section. This launches Outlook’s settings section. In the upper-right corner, click File and select Options. If you only have a couple of email accounts listed it’s not a big deal but if you have lots of accounts like I do then you need to scroll down to the end of the listing.Ĭopyright ©2014 Zubair Alexander. You will find the Disable Scheduled Send/Receive at the bottom. Click on the drop-down button Send/Receive Groups in the Send & Receive section as shown below. You can find this option by going to the Send/Receive tab in Outlook 2013. I have dozens of email accounts configured in my Outlook profile so I have to scroll down all the way to the bottom to find this option. I have no idea how this box got checked in the first place because my auto Send/Receive option has been working fine since 2013. I needed to clear the option Disable Scheduled Send/Receive because it had a check box next to it which indicated that the option was set to disable scheduled Send/Receive.
Here you can enable or disable individual Add-ins.įinally I found the solution in a Microsoft forum.
This can be achieved in Outlook Options -> Add-Ins -> Go. I also played around with the Add-ins by disabling some and enabling them one-by-one but that made no difference at all even when I disabled all the Add-ins.