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Computer software / Re: Hyperlinks won't open in MS Office 2016

« Last post by BC_Programmer on February 06, 2024, 03:15:45 PM »

When I tried to find info on this previously all I found was this and while there's a lot of "solutions" provided supposedly none of them worked, so I didn't see the value in linking it. Also, that is Outlook 365 not 2016, so I decided it wasn't relevant enough to post.

Allegedly, this can have something to do with having the default browser set incorrectly, though it's not really clear why that would be the case. Unless you altered your install to remove IE components I suppose.

I also found this kind of spammy-looking article that seems like it was autogenerated but which somehow has what could be useful information with regards to resetting default browser settings.

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Computer software / Re: Hyperlinks won't open in MS Office 2016

« Last post by jeffk on February 06, 2024, 09:35:24 AM »

I'm very disappointed with the complete lack of response here, maybe I’ll find another site next time I have an IT problem

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Windows 10 and 11 / Duplicate Items on Navigation Pane

« Last post by Michael on February 04, 2024, 04:05:26 AM »

I have recently (and finally) switched to Windows 10 after my old motherboard caused issue to the RAM. In the past, I have limited experience with Windows 10 on other computers. Now that I have to use it on a daily basis, there are certainly things that I need to get use to.

Of all the new things, one bothers me the most, which is the inability to customise the Navigation Pane. Not only that, but all my HDDs, both internal and exteranal, as well as the partitions in them, show inside and outside of This PC. I wonder why there are the "duplicates" outside This PC. Is there anyway to remove them? As they are not listed by drive letters, I would prefer to keep those inside This PC and not those outside.

Thanks.

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Computer software / Re: Hyperlinks won't open in MS Office 2016

« Last post by jeffk on February 03, 2024, 03:49:59 PM »

I can't see an 'Edit' button so I'll add this as a reply to my own post:


I use Firefox as my default browser, but I get the same message if I change my default to Opera, IE, or Edge.

What I have found is that if I open *.doc or *.docx files in WordPad then the hyperlinks work - they open the linked web pages. One difference between WordPad & Word that I'm aware of is that WordPad comes bundled with the OS, whereas Word (& Excel, etc) are part of the Office 2016 suite. To me, this confirms that whatever the problem is, it's in Office, not W10 or my browser.

I guess that I need to change a setting somewhere, or maybe edit something in the registry, but I don't know where, what, or how.........

Surely someone here must know about this stuff...I'm sure it's pretty straightforward...please help!

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Hardware / Re: I cannot capitalize file names in a new portable SSD device

« Last post by drpeppercan on February 02, 2024, 06:10:28 PM »

It was all about the File system!
It was exFAT before, no wonder!!!
I converted it to NTFS and it's all good now!

DPC

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Microsoft DOS / Re: Batchfile To Drag Folders Onto And Rename Certain File Inside To Folder Name

« Last post by Squashman on February 02, 2024, 04:52:24 PM »

2) Change Directory into that folder.
3) Check for one of two file types, (in my case .mkv and .mp4) and rename the file to the name of the folder it is in, adding the file type extension it finds in that folder to the end, completing the renaming function for the file in that folder.

You cannot rename a folder or file that is currently in use. Don't do the change directory.

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Microsoft DOS / Re: Wmic to Get windows product key

« Last post by Squashman on February 02, 2024, 04:49:16 PM »

1) Do not use variable names that are already system variables. computername is a system variable.
2) You do not need to assign %%A to a variable.  Just use %%A.

Other than that your code seems fine.  Works on my computer.
First thing I would do to troubleshoot is run this line of code with one computer to make sure you are getting output.

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wmic /node:{Computer1} path softwarelicensingservice get OA3xOriginalProductKey /value

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Hardware / I cannot capitalize file names in a new portable SSD device

« Last post by drpeppercan on February 02, 2024, 11:26:42 AM »

I just got this Crucial X6 2Tb Portable SSD 2 days ago.
I already copied a TB of files, mostly JPGs, PNGs, and MP3s.
Other than the slow copying - 40Mb/s, about 12 hours - I have noticed that I cannot capitalize the file names of my MP3 files. I have tried other types of files, PDF, HTM, and Txt, the same result. I have tried this in Windows 10, Windows 11, and Linux (Pop!OS), to no avail. I also tried renamer utilities, including but not limited to, the one included in the MS PowerToys.
Only if I change a complete word does it work.
Any ideas?

Thank you guys!

DPC

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Microsoft DOS / Re: %1 Quote Problems

« Last post by Squashman on February 01, 2024, 08:01:46 PM »

Yes. When you use drag and drop the paths are quoted that have spaces in them. Removing quotes is quite easy. It just isn't documented in a command where you would think to look. It is documented in the CALL command. To remove quotes is quite simple.

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%~1But remember that you have to put the quotes back in. They are there for a reason. The space is a command delimiter, so you have to put quotes around paths with spaces.

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Computer software / Hyperlinks won't open in MS Office 2016

« Last post by jeffk on January 29, 2024, 12:47:03 PM »

Windows 10 Pro (x64)
Intel i7 CPU 2.70GHz
32.0 GB RAM

A few weeks ago I bought, downloaded, & installed “Microsoft Office Standard 2016 Genuine License Keys for Windows- 1 PC” to put on a new laptop. It seemed to install properly.

I’ve just discovered that I can’t open links from word, excel, etc. When I try to I get an error message telling me that “Your organisation’s policies are preventing us from completing this action for you. For more info, please contact your help desk” (attached screenshot 1)

Although I didn’t actually think it was this I’ve checked “Options > advanced > “use CTRL + Click to follow hyperlink” in word (attached screenshot 2) & it doesn’t work whether that box is checked or not.

Does anyone know what’s going on here? I’m not in an organisation, I’m an individual using this at home. It’s something to do with the whole application (office 2016) itself, not the individual applications.

Any thoughts on what the problem is here & how I can resolve it would be much appreciated.

TIA