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John_Newton
Mar 30, 2024Copper Contributor
The operation cannot be performed because the message has been changed
This "operation cannot be performed..." message is a serious problem and interferes with my work far too often. There doesn't appear to be any valid purpose for this annoyance. I have taken the actio...
geoch1
Mar 26, 2025Copper Contributor
MS doesn't seem to care about this problem. It has been happening as far back as 2016 and possibly before. It is not only annoying but frustrating after spending time to compose a carefully considered reply to an issue to find that it cannot be sent with one click, but requires copying and pasting into another new email before sending. I am changing to a rival email program today. I have had enough of paying to have my time wasted.
MS DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS !!
- johnddyMay 01, 2025Copper Contributor
i read somewhere in OUTLOOK help that it was due to using OUTLOOK 2016 with Microsoft 365. However I have only fairly recently encountered this problem. I found that saving the email to the default folder, reopening it , that I can then send it without retyping .