“Your organization’s policies are preventing us from completing this action for you. For more info, please contact your help desk<\/em>.”<\/p>\n “This operation has been canceled due to restrictions in effect on this computer. Please contact your system administrator.”<\/p>\n Hyperlink issues are noticed mostly after the installation of Windows updates, browsers, add-ons or plugins, registry cleaners, etc. Some policies enforced by organizations can also be a reason for hyperlink issues.<\/p>\n Important: <\/strong> The global settings of Microsoft disable hyperlinks by default for email items that are classified as Junk. One can find settings under HOME >> JUNK >> Junk E-Mail<\/strong> Options. Such settings are for protecting users from phishing attacks.<\/p>\n Many ways can be used to fix the hyperlink issues. Let’s start with the different ways solve hyperlink issues in different Outlook versions like MS Outlook 2016, 2013, 2010, 2007<\/strong> or 2003<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Simply, fix the problem with the automated tool offered by Microsoft. After downloading the tool, install and launch the wizard and follow the very simple steps.<\/p>\n It will start to fix broken hyperlinks automatically. The wizard works for English and other language versions of Windows.<\/p>\n Please Note:<\/strong> The wizard works successfully for Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2003<\/p>\n Follow the steps for Internet Explorer 11 and 10 version<\/p>\n Step 1:<\/strong> Start Internet Explorer<\/strong> and select Tools >> Internet<\/strong> Options<\/p>\n Step 2:<\/strong> Choose Advanced >> Reset<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Step 3:<\/strong> From the Reset Internet Explorer Settings<\/strong>, select the checkbox Delete personal settings<\/strong> and click the Reset<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n Step 4:<\/strong> Restart Internet Explorer and select Tools >> Internet Options >> Programs >> Set Programs<\/strong><\/p>\n Step 5:<\/strong> Choose Set your to default programs<\/strong>; then under Programs list<\/strong>, select MS Outlook<\/strong> and click Set this program as default<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Step 6:<\/strong> Now, finally, scroll back to the top, select Internet Explorer and select Set this program as default<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Step 7:<\/strong> Click OK<\/strong> and close the Default Programs<\/strong> window.<\/p>\n It is advised to use the steps correctly and as instructed; also take a full back up of the registry so that registry values can be restored successfully just in case of any problem or sudden issues. Follow the steps as mentioned below:<\/p>\n Step 1:<\/strong> Click Start<\/strong> or click the Windows icon<\/strong> and type Run<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Step 2:<\/strong> Type regedit<\/strong> in the Run<\/strong> window and click OK<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Step 3:<\/strong> Click following registry subkey<\/p>\n HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Classes\\htmlfile\\shell\\open\\command<\/strong><\/p>\n Step 4:<\/strong> Click File<\/strong> or Registry<\/strong> menu (depends on OS version) from the Registry Editor<\/strong> window and select Export<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Step 5:<\/strong> Provide name and location to save the file on your local machine.<\/p>\n Step 6:<\/strong> Exit the Registry Editor and file export is done.<\/p>\n Step 1: First copy the exported registry key file to the desktop of the affected machine and double-click the .reg file. You may see any of the following message:<\/p>\n \u201cAdding information can unintentionally change or delete values and cause components to stop working correctly. If you do not trust the source of this information in C: Users\\ \u201cAre you sure you want to add the information in drive: location file was copied to\\file name.reg to the registry?\u201d<\/ul>\n Step 2:<\/strong> Click Yes<\/strong> and OK<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Step 3:<\/strong> Now, verify the values of a string of \u201cHKEY_CLASSES_ROOT \\.html” key is “htmlfile.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n Step 4:<\/strong> Click the Windows + R<\/strong> button, type regedit<\/strong> and click OK<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Step 5:<\/strong> Click on \u201cHKEY_CLASSES_ROOT \\.html<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n Step 6:<\/strong> Finally, check the string value and make sure it is \u201chtmlfile<\/strong>\u201d. If it is not, then modify it (by right-clicking typing htmlfile in value filed), click OK<\/strong> to finish.<\/ol>\n We hope that the above-mentioned methods work for you. Just in case if none of these methods work, then we recommend a third-party tool to repair Outlook PST file. We highly recommend Outlook PST Repair as this Outlook PST recovery<\/a> tool is highly proficient and is used by IT experts for PST related issues.<\/p>\n![\"Error](\"https:\/\/www.kerneldatarecovery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/outlook2013-links-not-working-error.jpg\")
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Methods to Solve the Hyperlink Issues in Outlook<\/h4>\n
Method 1: Install and Use Microsoft Easy Fix Automatically<\/h4>\n
Method 2: Set IE (Internet Explorer) and MS Outlook as default programs<\/h4>\n
Method 3: Use Registry Key from Another Machine<\/h4>\n
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