Hyperlinks in Outlook

Whenever I try to open a link in an email I get the message: "This
operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on theis
computer. Please contact the system administrator"

I am running Windows 10 and Chrome. I believe this started wehn I tried MS
Edge. I have Chrome as my default borwser. I have tried the tips of editing
regisry to have "htmlfile" on appropriate lines. Anything else?

On Sat, 23 May 2020 12:36:52 GMT, John wrote:

Whenever I try to open a link in an email I get the message: "This
operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on theis
computer. Please contact the system administrator"

I am running Windows 10 and Chrome. I believe this started wehn I tried MS
Edge. I have Chrome as my default borwser. I have tried the tips of editing
regisry to have "htmlfile" on appropriate lines. Anything else?

The Subject of your post says "Hyperlinks in Outlook", but the body of your
post says nothing about Outlook. If it's really Outlook where you'd like to
enable hyperlinks, then a quick Google search for "enable hyperlinks in
outlook" will turn up step by step directions.

Google search string
https://www.google.com/search?q=enab...nks+in+outlook


Random search result, this one applicable to Outlook 2013
https://smallbusiness.chron.com/change-outlook-security-settings-allow-clickable-links-79331.html

Char Jackson wrote in
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https://www.google.com/search?q=enab...nks+in+outlook

No - it is links in existing emails that I have received, that have
embedded hyperlinks. And I have just checked - the same thing happend with
links in a Word or pdf.
So I conclude that my PC is not allowing a hyperlink to open Chrome and the
relevant webpage.

John wrote:

Whenever I try to open a link in an email I get the message: "This
operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on theis
computer. Please contact the system administrator"

I am running Windows 10 and Chrome. I believe this started wehn I
tried MS Edge. I have Chrome as my default borwser. I have tried the
tips of editing regisry to have "htmlfile" on appropriate lines.
Anything else?

What does the hyperlink point at? What is the URL for the link? Does
it point at a web site, a file server, or specify a filename? If a
filename, what is its extension? E-mail clients have long blocked
downloads of executable files.

For a hyperlink in Outlook where you get the security block, show the
target of that hyperlink (show the URL string). When you hover the
cursor over the hyperlink, Outlook shows the URL string. I suspect you
can also right-click on the hyperlink to copy it, and show it here.

A ... href="urlstring" ...comment/A
This is to ^ ^ This what you see rendered
where the --------' '--- in the display of the e-mail
hyperlink
points

The above is when the sender composes in HTML format and adds a
hyperlink to their message. However, most e-mail clients will also
automatically make clickable any strings that look like URLs.

Please visit www.intel.com to get specs on their CPUs.
\___________/
^
Not a hyperlink. The client may
this text string clickable for
convenience to the user.

Yes - I can copy the link - It always worked perfectly - I know what to
expect it has worked for years - now it doesn't

On Sat, 23 May 2020 18:15:05 GMT, John wrote:

Char Jackson wrote in
:

https://www.google.com/search?q=enab...nks+in+outlook

No - it is links in existing emails that I have received, that have
embedded hyperlinks. And I have just checked - the same thing happend with
links in a Word or pdf.
So I conclude that my PC is not allowing a hyperlink to open Chrome and the
relevant webpage.

You might try visiting the Default Apps applet in Win10 and changing your
default web browser to something else temporarily. For example, change it
to Edge and retest. You can always go back and change it to Chrome again,
if you like.

Do Outlook and Word tell you that the links are active? They usually do so
by popping up a tool tip reminding you that can open the underlying link by
Ctrl-clicking on it.

John wrote:

Yes - I can copy the link - It always worked perfectly - I know what to
expect it has worked for years - now it doesn't

I'll be terse. What is the URL string to where the hyperlink points?
If you're again obtuse, I'm outta here.

VanguardLH wrote in :

John wrote:

Yes - I can copy the link - It always worked perfectly - I know what to
expect it has worked for years - now it doesn't

I'll be terse. What is the URL string to where the hyperlink points?
If you're again obtuse, I'm outta here.


It is any and all.

John wrote:

VanguardLH wrote in :

John wrote:

Yes - I can copy the link - It always worked perfectly - I know what to
expect it has worked for years - now it doesn't

I'll be terse. What is the URL string to where the hyperlink points?
If you're again obtuse, I'm outta here.


It is any and all.

Bye.

John wrote:
VanguardLH wrote in :

John wrote:

Yes - I can copy the link - It always worked perfectly - I know what to
expect it has worked for years - now it doesn't
I'll be terse. What is the URL string to where the hyperlink points?
If you're again obtuse, I'm outta here.


It is any and all.

When you hold your mouse over the hotlink, the URI should show.

uri-name://somedomain.com/somefile.ext

The handler should have the same name as the uri-name.

Paul

Paul wrote in :

John wrote:
VanguardLH wrote in
:

John wrote:

Yes - I can copy the link - It always worked perfectly - I know
what to expect it has worked for years - now it doesn't
I'll be terse. What is the URL string to where the hyperlink
points? If you're again obtuse, I'm outta here.


It is any and all.

When you hold your mouse over the hotlink, the URI should show.

uri-name://somedomain.com/somefile.ext

The handler should have the same name as the uri-name.

Paul


This illustrates the problem and the usual fix - but it isn't fixing
mine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJ4bzIUporE&t=13s

Paul wrote in :

John wrote:
VanguardLH wrote in
:

John wrote:

Yes - I can copy the link - It always worked perfectly - I know
what to expect it has worked for years - now it doesn't
I'll be terse. What is the URL string to where the hyperlink
points? If you're again obtuse, I'm outta here.


It is any and all.

When you hold your mouse over the hotlink, the URI should show.

uri-name://somedomain.com/somefile.ext

The handler should have the same name as the uri-name.

Paul

I am having to "Copy" the hyperlink after right clicking it - and paste
it into the address bar of the Browser.

There are several fixes on YouTube involving a Regedit. The reg lines
coply - but it is not working.

On 24/05/2020 18:27, John wrote:
Paul wrote in :

John wrote:
VanguardLH wrote in
:

John wrote:

Yes - I can copy the link - It always worked perfectly - I know
what to expect it has worked for years - now it doesn't
I'll be terse. What is the URL string to where the hyperlink
points? If you're again obtuse, I'm outta here.


It is any and all.

When you hold your mouse over the hotlink, the URI should show.

uri-name://somedomain.com/somefile.ext

The handler should have the same name as the uri-name.

Paul

I am having to "Copy" the hyperlink after right clicking it - and paste
it into the address bar of the Browser.

There are several fixes on YouTube involving a Regedit. The reg lines
coply - but it is not working.

If you right click an html *file* in Explorer and select "Open with"
what does it show as the default application?

Char Jackson wrote:
[...]

You might try visiting the Default Apps applet in Win10 and changing your
default web browser to something else temporarily. For example, change it
to Edge and retest. You can always go back and change it to Chrome again,
if you like.

I don't know if it's different on Windows 10, but if I do this on
Windows 8.1, the browsers seem to grab much, much more than just the
HTTP and HTTPS protocols.

For example when making Chrome the default browser, it grabs all kinds
of *other* (than .htm, .html and .shtml) extensions, such as .pdf and
*other* (than HTTP and HTTPS) protocols, for example MAILTO, NEWS, NNTP,
SMS, etc., etc.. So when I switched my browser to Chrome, I had to undo
all of the non-web stuff and re-associate them with the right program,
i.e. Adobe for .pdf, Thunderbird for MAILTO, etc..

So in future, I don't use 'Set this program as default', but 'Choose
defaults for this program' and only select those extensions and
protocols which I actually want to set and leave the others as they are.

N.B. The (8.1) 'Set Default Programs' Control Panel applet happily
accepts 'Set this program as default' - and hence clobbers your settings
- without clicking the 'OK' button, while 'Choose defaults for this
program' *does* require clicking 'Save' in the exact same position as
the 'OK' button! :-( And no, there's no 'Undo'! :-(

On 24 May 2020 18:48:00 GMT, Frank Slootweg wrote:

Char Jackson wrote:
[...]

You might try visiting the Default Apps applet in Win10 and changing your
default web browser to something else temporarily. For example, change it
to Edge and retest. You can always go back and change it to Chrome again,
if you like.

I don't know if it's different on Windows 10, but if I do this on
Windows 8.1, the browsers seem to grab much, much more than just the
HTTP and HTTPS protocols.

For example when making Chrome the default browser, it grabs all kinds
of *other* (than .htm, .html and .shtml) extensions, such as .pdf and
*other* (than HTTP and HTTPS) protocols, for example MAILTO, NEWS, NNTP,
SMS, etc., etc.. So when I switched my browser to Chrome, I had to undo
all of the non-web stuff and re-associate them with the right program,
i.e. Adobe for .pdf, Thunderbird for MAILTO, etc..

So in future, I don't use 'Set this program as default', but 'Choose
defaults for this program' and only select those extensions and
protocols which I actually want to set and leave the others as they are.

N.B. The (8.1) 'Set Default Programs' Control Panel applet happily
accepts 'Set this program as default' - and hence clobbers your settings
- without clicking the 'OK' button, while 'Choose defaults for this
program' *does* require clicking 'Save' in the exact same position as
the 'OK' button! :-( And no, there's no 'Undo'! :-(

Good info, thanks.