Error when you copy an appointment to an Outlook.com calendar folder: Cannot move the items
Original KB number: 2877849
Summary
When you try to copy an appointment or meeting from another store to an Outlook.com folder, you receive the following error:
Cannot move the items. You cannot move one occurrence of an appointment series to a different folder. To move a recurring appointment, you must move the original appointment or copy the single occurrence and move the copy.
More information
If you copy appointments to a calendar folder on an Outlook.com account, the behavior will vary, depending on the following factors:
- Whether you're moving or copying the appointment
- The current view
The following table summarizes what occurs when you move or copy appointments to an EAS-based store.
| Action | Calendar View Nonrecurring Appointment |
Calendar View Recurring Appointment instance |
List View Recurring Appointment master |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drag Calendar to Calendar | Copies item and syncs to server | Copies item and syncs to server | Not applicable |
| Drag Calendar to Hotmail Calendar folder | Moves item and syncs to server | Outlook disallows with error "Cannot move" |
Moves item and syncs to server |
| Right-click drag and copy to Hotmail Calendar folder | Copies locally but doesn't sync to server |
Copies locally but doesn't sync to server |
Nothing happens |
| Right-click drag and move to Hotmail Calendar folder | Moves item and syncs to server | Outlook disallows with error "Cannot move" |
Moves item and syncs to server |