Solved Word opening in outlook 2007 insted of Firefox

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Help Please;

This morning when attempting to open a hyper link in Outlook 2007 I received an error Message " The operation has been canceled due to restrictions in effect on the computer. Please contact the System admin." I am the admin! This was the 1st time I saw the message. I closed OL and tried it again with the same results. No changes were made to the PC prior to the error.
I googled the error and found a fix??? on the site
»www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm I ran this fix

HTM/HTML Associations (Restore the default associations for htm/html files)

Now the links only open in word (clicking on the link opens a new session of word and the link content) Nothing I do can restore this back to the links opening in just firefox.
A system restore failed 2x at different restore points with a message of unknown error.

BTW hyper links work correctly with the browser alone.

I also tried removing MS word, hoping when the link was opened to get the "No program associated error" and I would be able to pick a browser (firefox). No such luck; the link opened note pad with gibberish. As of now word is back on the PC and still opening when a link is clicked in outlook.
 

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Help Please;

This morning when attempting to open a hyper link in Outlook 2007 I received an error Message " The operation has been canceled due to restrictions in effect on the computer. Please contact the System admin." I am the admin! This was the 1st time I saw the message. I closed OL and tried it again with the same results. No changes were made to the PC prior to the error.
I googled the error and found a fix??? on the site
»www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm I ran this fix

HTM/HTML Associations (Restore the default associations for htm/html files)

Now the links only open in word (clicking on the link opens a new session of word and the link content) Nothing I do can restore this back to the links opening in just firefox.
A system restore failed 2x at different restore points with a message of unknown error.

BTW hyper links work correctly with the browser alone.

I also tried removing MS word, hoping when the link was opened to get the "No program associated error" and I would be able to pick a browser (firefox). No such luck; the link opened note pad with gibberish. As of now word is back on the PC and still opening when a link is clicked in outlook.

Solved; I found Microsoftfixit50388.msi
 

My Computer

Help Please;

This morning when attempting to open a hyper link in Outlook 2007 I received an error Message " The operation has been canceled due to restrictions in effect on the computer. Please contact the System admin." I am the admin! This was the 1st time I saw the message. I closed OL and tried it again with the same results. No changes were made to the PC prior to the error.
I googled the error and found a fix??? on the site
»www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm I ran this fix

HTM/HTML Associations (Restore the default associations for htm/html files)

Now the links only open in word (clicking on the link opens a new session of word and the link content) Nothing I do can restore this back to the links opening in just firefox.
A system restore failed 2x at different restore points with a message of unknown error.

BTW hyper links work correctly with the browser alone.

I also tried removing MS word, hoping when the link was opened to get the "No program associated error" and I would be able to pick a browser (firefox). No such luck; the link opened note pad with gibberish. As of now word is back on the PC and still opening when a link is clicked in outlook.

Solved; I found Microsoftfixit50388.msi

Thanks for sharing the solution :) I'm sure others experiencing this issue will really appreciate your efforts!

Tom
 

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System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Build #1
    CPU
    Intel Core i7 3770K @4.4GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS P8Z77-V PRO
    Memory
    Corsair Vengeance 2x4GB DDR3 1600MHz Low Profile (White)
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gigabyte Radeon HD 7850 (2GB GDDR5)
    Sound Card
    Integrated on motherboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    23" LG LCD/LED IPS
    Screen Resolution
    1920*1080
    Hard Drives
    Samsung EVO 128GB SSD
    Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200rpm
    2x500GB Seagate FreeAgent 5400rpm
    PSU
    Corsair TX650W V2 (80+ Bronze)
    Case
    NZXT Phantom 410
    Cooling
    Corsair H100 Water Cooler, 1x140mm and 1x120mm stock fans
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Desktop 2000 Wireless Keyboard
    Mouse
    Microsoft Desktop 2000 Wireless Mouse
    Internet Speed
    95 Mb/s Download 70 Mb/s Upload
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