Can't Open Hyperlinks

[Coach Desi]

Hi, all of the sudden Outlook won't allow me to click on hyperlinks and let
me open them. I get a message that states: "This operation has been canceled
due to restrictions in effect on this computer. Please contact your sysytem
administtrator". This is my home computer and I am the system administrator!

Help!

 

[sfbruc]

Is the email in the "junk mail" folder? If so, hyperlinks are disabled in
junk mail, so you will have to move it to the inbox to enable them.

 

[Coach Desi]

No, they are in my regular inbox. This problem has just started recently. I
couldn't even open the reply for this thread that was sent to me.

 

[Roady [MVP]]

This happens when your default browser isn't properly registered as the
default in Windows.
Reset your default browser and reassign it as the default in Windows.

 

[Coach Desi]

Could you explain how to do that? I just tried it but it didn't work, I
probably didn't do it the right way.

 

[frank]

I had the same problem. I had believed it was due to an update but it turned
out to be from IE8. I use both Firefox and IE so I reinstalled Firefox and
set as default and the problem been fixed.

 

[Coach Desi]

Thanks Frank. Something told me it was connected to IE 8 because they
happened at the same time...

 

[Roady [MVP]]

It is hard to be specific without any configuration details.
From another post I noticed you are using IE8 and FireFox; which one do you
want as the default?
Which version of Windows are you using?