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Question

When I try to open hyperlinks in a Microsoft Office program like Excel or Outlook the following message is shown:

Your organization's policies are preventing us from completing this action for you. For more info, please contact your help desk.

How can I resolve this so it opens Hyperlinks with my default browser?

Answer 1

The "official fix" does not support Windows 10. The solution below works for Windows 10:

1. Create a new text file with the content below and save it:

   Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
   
   [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.html]
   @="htmlfile"
   "Content Type"="text/html"
   "PerceivedType"="text"
   
   [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.htm]
   @="htmlfile"
   "Content Type"="text/html"
   "PerceivedType"="text"
   
   [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.shtm]
   @="htmlfile"
   "Content Type"="text/html"
   "PerceivedType"="text"
   
   [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.shtml]
   @="htmlfile"
   "Content Type"="text/html"
   "PerceivedType"="text"
   
   [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\htmlfile\shell\open\command]
   @="\"C:\\Program Files\\Internet Explorer\\IEXPLORE.EXE\" -nohome"\
   

2. Change the extension from .txt to .reg (you might need to show extensions; see simple tutorial here).

3. Execute the file (double-click it).

That's it! Problem solved!

(Source here)