HOWTO: Fix Outlook Broken Hyperlinks

HOWTO: Fix Broken Hyperlinks in Outlook

After you uninstall Google Chrome, you will notice that Outlook broken hyperlinks are visible, due to bad registry.

Solution for Outlook Broken Hyperlinks:

To fix this problem you need to restore several registry settings in the User Profile.

1. Click Start, click Run, type Regedit in the Open box, and then click OK.
2. Locate the following subkey: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.html
3. On the File menu, click Export.
4. In the Export Registry File dialog box, enter HKCU_Classes_HTML_Backup.reg and click Save.
   • Note: This will create a backup of this registry key in the My Documents folder by default.
5. Right click the (Default) value for the .html key and select Modify…
6. Change the value from “ChromeHTML” to “htmlfile”

Repeat steps 1-6 for .htm and .shtml keys if they exist, remember to change the name of your backup file for each export.

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