It would display the list of the installed programs.ģ] Right-click on the Microsoft office package and and then select Change.Ĥ] Select Repair > Continue and then go through the repair process. Type control panel and press Enter to open the Control Panel window.Ģ] Go to Programs and features. If the issue is with the Microsoft Outlook desktop client, we would have to repair the whole Microsoft Office package.ġ] Press Win + R to open the Run window. Run it and restart the system and check if it helps with the problem. Use the easy fix tool provided by Microsoft here in method 1. But clicking on the URL whether it be from Excel or Word, won't work. But if I am loggede in on another tab, pasting the url on a new tab works fine. The link refers to a page I have to login for. If I click on the link in the cell in Excel, the page doesn't work. After downloading the tool and installing it, check in the list for the concerned issue and run it. If I copy the addres to the browsers addressbar, the page opens. Microsoft provides users with a tool to troubleshoot issues with Microsoft Office. Fix 5] Use the Microsoft Office troubleshooting tool In this case, the issue cannot be resolved from our end.Īfter isolating this possibility, move to the following steps. are trusted, but many other local companies might offer services without the functionality to open hyperlinks. A few popular ones like Gmail, Hotmail, etc. If the hyperlink is not working even when we have changed the browser and checked a different email, the issue might be with the email server. While this issue has been isolated in the preliminary check, we could discuss it here. You can also try and check if it works for you.
Many users have reported that, uninstalling and re installing chrome browser fixes hyperlink not opening issue in windows 10.
If you are really desperate to solve the issue, you can try this.ġ] Search Default apps in Windows 10 search boxĤ] Now, in Web browser, click on your default browser and change it to Internet explorer.ģ] In the default apps window, scroll to web browser and change it to IE. Fix 2] Set the default browser to IEĪlthough no one likes setting the default browser to Internet Explorer, but some users have reported, that doing this fixes the issue. Now, Close Command Prompt Window and Open Outlook again. REG ADD HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.xhtml /ve /d htmlfile /fģ. REG ADD HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.xht /ve /d htmlfile /f REG ADD HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.shtml /ve /d htmlfile /f REG ADD HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.html /ve /d htmlfile /f REG ADD HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.htm /ve /d htmlfile /f Now, Run the following Command One By One in Command Prompt Window. A hyperlink can be inserted in a cell or a shape in Excel. Could it be that Excel is running with lower permissions somehow than the actual user? I can't seem to find much information on this.2. A hyperlink is a convenient way to allow the user of a workbook to instantly access another place in the workbook, another workbook, or a file associated with another application.
I gave them full control as a test, but no difference. However, if you click on one of the Hyperlinks with the spreadsheet open in Excel on the tablet, you only get the error 'Cannot open the specified file'.Īs a caveat, the tablets have Read-only permissions to the share folder.
When a user on one of these tablets accesses this share on the server and navigates to one of the PDF files, it opens no problem using the default PDF viewer. However, we've got a few Lenovo IdeaPad Miix 10 tablets (Win 8.1) in testing, to see how tablets would fare in a hostile manufacturing environment. These Hyperlinks open fine (in Adobe Reader usually) from every desktop I've tested them on, using different users with varying degrees of permissions. This is an Excel spreadsheet that has Hyperlinks to PDF files that are hosted on our main file server, in a share that lets pretty much everyone have full control over it.