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Outlook 2010, "This operation has been canceled due to RESTRICTIONS in effect on this computer"

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Outlook 2010 Windows 10 Home edition, Can not open hyperlinks in Outlook e-mail. Get error messge "This operation has been canceled due to RESTRICTIONS in effect on this computer" Help!

Outlook 2010 Windows 10 Home edition, Can not open hyperlinks in Outlook e-mail. Get error messge "This operation has been canceled due to RESTRICTIONS in effect on this computer" Help!

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This issue can be a problem with the default browser settings where some registry keys are incorrect or corrupted.

Modified by cor-el

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P.S. Office 2010 reached its "End of Life" in October 2020 and it has not been receiving security updates for newly discovered vulnerabilities.

You should consider either updating Office -- which won't necessarily resolve its stupidity about a missing/uninstalled browser -- or, if the budget does not permit using Microsoft, take a look at LibreOffice, a free, open-source office suite: https://www.libreoffice.org/