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Remove Do Not Send a Response option in Meeting Requests

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Last reviewed on July 8, 2018     9 Comments

In the previous issue of Exchange Messaging Outlook, I explained how to use group policy to disable the tentative response option. The July 3 2018 Outlook 2016 update builds in the ability to remove the Do not Send a Response option.
remove the do not send a response option

The required update is in Outlook 2016 Click to run and is now available in the volume licensing version when the July 3 2018 Outlook 2016 update is installed.
do not send respose was removed

To hide the Do not Send a Response option, add the DWORD ForceMtgResponse to the following registry key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Options\Calendar
DWORD: ForceMtgResponse
Value: 1

You'll need to restart Outlook after setting this key.

Administrators can add the key using Group Policy.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Options\Calendar
DWORD: ForceMtgResponse
Value: 1

Do it for me

If you don't want to edit the registry yourself, you can download and run a rready-to-use registry fil e to set the key.
ForceMtgResponse GPO ForceMtgResponse

Outlook 2013

In Outlook 2013, the only option is to disable the menu option, adding the CommandID to the key at

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\x.0\Outlook\DisabledCmdBarItemsList
The CommandID for Do Not Send a Response is 19987. Instructions are at Use Group Policy to disable commands Use Group Policy to disable commands Use Group Policy to disable commands

Remove Do Not Send a Response option in Meeting Requests was last modified: July 8th, 2018 by Diane Poremsky

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Matju (@guest_217591)
February 19, 2021 7:11 am
#217591

is there a way to go back and have the option do not send response?

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Diane Poremsky(@diane-poremsky)
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Reply to  Matju
February 19, 2021 9:23 am
#217592

You need to remove the policy or registry key to have the option back.

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H I (@guest_219302)
Reply to  Diane Poremsky
May 20, 2022 5:45 pm
#219302

How? Can you create a "do it for me" run file to turn the feature back to the default? The article was misleading. It seemed like it would make it so other people had to respond to your meeting invites, but what it does is to deactivate the option for you, not for users you send a meeting to.

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Diane Poremsky(@diane-poremsky)
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Reply to  H I
May 20, 2022 8:54 pm
#219303

It's intended for exchange server accounts.

Open the ForceMtgResponse file in notepad and change the 1 to 0 then save and run it.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Options\Calendar]
"ForceMtgResponse"=dword:00000000

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Diane Poremsky(@diane-poremsky)
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May 20, 2022 9:12 pm
#219304

Attached is a file with the change made.

Undo ForceMtgResponse.reg
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H I (@guest_219310)
Reply to  Diane Poremsky
May 23, 2022 12:22 pm
#219310

Thank you, this worked and I appreciate the quick response!

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Joe Frish (@guest_212815)
February 20, 2019 10:53 am
#212815

19987 only greys out the option within the email side of the response. If you right-click on the meeting in your calendar, or use the banner menu from your calendar, the option is still available. Do you have those other command IDs?

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Diane Poremsky(@diane-poremsky)
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Reply to  Joe Frish
March 2, 2019 1:05 pm
#212863

This is the list of appointment control ids for the appointment forms - the controls should work for all instances of the control.
ResponsesMenu 15778
RequestResponses 1881
GroupRespond 14350
AcceptInvitationEditResponse 19985
AcceptInvitationSendResponse 19986
AcceptInvitationNoResponse 19987
TentativeInvitationEditResponse 19993
TentativeInvitationSendResponse 19994
TentativeInvitationNoResponse 19995
DeclineInvitationEditResponse 19989
DeclineInvitationSendResponse 19990
DeclineInvitationNoResponse 19991
RespondMenu 22378

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Diane Poremsky(@diane-poremsky)
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Reply to  Joe Frish
March 2, 2019 1:14 pm
#212864

These are on the explorer controls list.
ContextMenuDeclineInvitationNoResponseRecurring 25514
ContextMenuAcceptInvitationNoResponseRecurring 25515
ContextMenuTentativeInvitationNoResponseRecurring 25516

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