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Word under Windows 11 open links wrong !
I have a lot of Word dokuments with links to OTHER Word documents.
For years I've been editing them in local Word app. and STILL do when runing Word under Windows 10, but when runing Word under Windows11
the links are opened in WebWord !
I HAVE set "dotx" to be opened in local Word in indows settings.
What do I mis here ?
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Now the issue is present again !
I can se that ALL my Word documents with links in them HAVE the link CHANGED to something like
"https://d.docs.live.net/.......docx" but I I try to change it - I just open the "normal" dialog showing NOTHING fra the "https://d.docs.live.net/.......docx" !!
It seems like links within a Word document is FORCED to "https://d.docs.live.net/.......docx" no matter how the settings are !
But I THINK I had it to work the other day when I MARKED as solution - but it's still here today ... even after re-boot.
Something MORE has to be done but WHAT ?At File > Options > Advanced, ensure that "Desktop" is selected for the option "Open Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files using." See the screen shot below.
Note that any references to d.docs.live.net is likely just be an indication of documents saved to OneDrive, or synchronized with OneDrive.
It IS ALREADY the case - it shows Skrivebord (danish for Desktop) !
Here is an sample from one of my documents - first I'll show what comes up when you place the mouse on top of a link inserted in the text:
and then the NORMAL dialog when editing the link - and it HAS THE RIGHT path to the LOCAL file I want to link to - but the file is opened in the WEB-version of Word:
And NOTE it's ONLY under Windows 11 it behaves like this - Windows 10 do it the right way - show in the local or desktop Word !
EDIT:
It has to do with the fact that BOTH documents - 1) the one with the inserted link and 2) the one that is linked to - is a copy placed on OneDrive of some documents fra the Cloud.
I have tested links between two LOCAL documents - it behaves the right way and opens in local Word.A link from a local document to one on OneDrive (=a copy from the cloud) works right too !
Then there is my situation where the second (the 'linked to'-document opens in WebWord 🤪
Why am I the only one with this problem 😟
Even if .docx is associated to Word locally:
- Go to Settings > Apps > Default apps
- Search for Word
- Reassign .docx, .doc, .dotx, .docm, etc. to Microsoft Word (not “Word for web” or browser)
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Don't forget to mark as solution if my answer suits youTHX ... it worked - but I had to RE-BOOT first 😉
What a stupid issue, I think !
