Windows Calendar app 2023 keeps crashing after latest update

Microsoft’s Windows Calendar app within Windows 11 seems to be constantly crashing after the latest update.

Microsoft is starting to receive reports of frequent crashes of the Calendar app when it is opened from the Start menu or the Windows Mail app where it is linked. PiunikaWeb started collecting the reports late Tuesday night.

This reporter has noticed the same behavior: If you open the Calendar app from within Mail, the app loads a window header, then crashes. The app exhibits the same behavior if you load it from the Start menu as well. Other people who reported the problem to Microsoft are having the same problem. Microsoft consultants posting on the company’s support forum say that Microsoft is aware of the problem, but does not currently have a solution.

Luckily, there appears to be a solution. Users can either use the Outlook app to access their integrated Windows Calendar app, or access their email and calendar using Outlook for the web. Microsoft also recommends logging out and resetting the Calendar app, but using the Outlook for Web client instead seems a lot less complicated and intrusive.

Microsoft rolled out the latest update for Windows 11 this week, which includes features like a link to Bing Chat within the Start menu, as well as some handy power recommendations to reduce your energy bill and screen recording integrated within the Snipping Tool Are included. Some updates include scheduled app updates as well as Windows; On our test machine, we saw Mail and Calendar app updates. While you can use Outlook, we consider Mail (and Calendar) to be a hidden gem within Windows.