I require help with an Outlook Error Notice

[Dr. Whinge]

Every time I click on a link in my e-mails I recieve this message from
Microsoft Office Outlook:
'This operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this
computer. Please contact your systems Administrator.'
I am using Vista Home
Would really appreciate a solution.
Regards
Bob

 

[DL]

Ensure you have the correct apps configered in Internet Options, either via
IE or Control Panel

 

[VanguardLH]

Dr. Whinge wrote (on Sun, 14 Jun 2009 09:52:01 -0700):

Every time I click on a link in my e-mails I recieve this message from
Microsoft Office Outlook:
'This operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this
computer. Please contact your systems Administrator.'
I am using Vista Home
Would really appreciate a solution.
Regards
Bob

http://www.slipstick.com/problems/link_restrict.htm
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;310049

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

This very question has been asked and answered numerous times here. Since
you did not bother to read prior posts (one from just yesterday), here is a
link to a solution:
http://www.slipstick.com/problems/link_restrict.htm

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
ALWAYS post your Outlook version.
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375


After furious head scratching, Dr. Whinge asked:

| Every time I click on a link in my e-mails I recieve this message from
| Microsoft Office Outlook:
| 'This operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on
| this computer. Please contact your systems Administrator.'
| I am using Vista Home
| Would really appreciate a solution.
| Regards
| Bob

 

[Peter Foldes]

Just curious. Is IE8 installed and was IE upgraded from IE7

 

[SapperSix]

This started happening to me after the recent updates to Vista and Office
distributed by Microsoft Update (last week, I think). I am on Vista Ultimate
64-bit SP2, IE8, and Microsoft Outlook 2007 and it worked fine before the
update.

 

[Peter Foldes]

Was IE8 included in your recent Updates

 

[Peter Foldes]

Follow the link that Milly (I got it right this time) posted above. Post back with
result

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Thanks! <giggle>

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
ALWAYS post your Outlook version.
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375


After furious head scratching, Peter Foldes asked:

| Follow the link that Milly (I got it right this time) posted above.
| Post back with result
|
|
| || Was IE8 included in your recent Updates
||
|| --
|| Peter
||
|| Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
|| Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be
|| acknowledged.
||
|| ||| This started happening to me after the recent updates to Vista and
||| Office distributed by Microsoft Update (last week, I think). I am
||| on Vista Ultimate 64-bit SP2, IE8, and Microsoft Outlook 2007 and
||| it worked fine before the update.
|||
||| "Peter Foldes" wrote:
|||
|||| Just curious. Is IE8 installed and was IE upgraded from IE7
||||
|||| --
|||| Peter
||||
|||| Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
|||| Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be
|||| acknowledged.
||||
|||| message ||||| Every time I click on a link in my e-mails I recieve this message
||||| from Microsoft Office Outlook:
||||| 'This operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect
||||| on this computer. Please contact your systems Administrator.'
||||| I am using Vista Home
||||| Would really appreciate a solution.
||||| Regards
||||| Bob

 

[SapperSix]

I tried following the instructions in the link Milly posted. In Windows
Vista Ultimate/IE8, the instructions were not precise, so I outlined what I
did below.

Bottom-line, I ran through all the the steps. I still cannot click a link in
Outlook 2007 and start IE8.

Could there by a group policy at play here?

Thanks,
Dave

Here's what I did:

1) Reset web settings. When I click Tools-->Internet Options-->Programs in
IE8, I did the following:
1a) Ensured that Internet Explorer is the Default Browser.
1b) Click Set Programs, which opened Default Programs.
1c) In Default Programs, I clicked Set Your Default Programs.
1d) I ensured Internet Explorer and Microsoft Office Outlook had all their
defaults.
1e) In Default Programs, I clicked Set Program Access and Computer Defaults.
1f) I explicitely set Internet Explorer as my browser and Microsoft Office
Outlook as my email program.

2) I manually removed and added the registry key
(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\htmlfile\shell\open\command) with the
correct value for Vista 64 ("C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet
Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" -nohome)

3) I set Program Access in Control Panel (which I did in Step 1e and 1f
above).

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

If this involves IE8, then you may find the only solution is to uninstall
IE8.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
ALWAYS post your Outlook version.
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375


After furious head scratching, SapperSix asked:

| I tried following the instructions in the link Milly posted. In
| Windows Vista Ultimate/IE8, the instructions were not precise, so I
| outlined what I did below.
|
| Bottom-line, I ran through all the the steps. I still cannot click a
| link in Outlook 2007 and start IE8.
|
| Could there by a group policy at play here?
|
| Thanks,
| Dave
|
| Here's what I did:
|
| 1) Reset web settings. When I click Tools-->Internet
| Options-->Programs in IE8, I did the following:
| 1a) Ensured that Internet Explorer is the Default Browser.
| 1b) Click Set Programs, which opened Default Programs.
| 1c) In Default Programs, I clicked Set Your Default Programs.
| 1d) I ensured Internet Explorer and Microsoft Office Outlook had all
| their defaults.
| 1e) In Default Programs, I clicked Set Program Access and Computer
| Defaults. 1f) I explicitely set Internet Explorer as my browser and
| Microsoft Office Outlook as my email program.
|
| 2) I manually removed and added the registry key
| (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\htmlfile\shell\open\command)
| with the correct value for Vista 64 ("C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet
| Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" -nohome)
|
| 3) I set Program Access in Control Panel (which I did in Step 1e and
| 1f above).

 

[SapperSix]

1) Removed IE8 and linking still did not work.

2) So trying to think outside the box a bit, I decided to install Google
Chrome and set it as the default browser. Linking from Outlook worked.

3) Then I reinstalled IE8 and set IE8 as the default browser. Linking worked.

Obviously there are a lot of permutations to what could have happened, but
it works now....

Thanks for the ideas!