This is starting to send me spare.
I am using Chrome as my main browser, and on some sites things aren’t clickable but work on other browsers.
Users have reported that clicking a link inside Mail, Outlook or iMessage opens up a blank Chrome window instead of the actual link. The link will open in a blank window with no URL displayed in the URL bar. Apparently, the problem resides somewhere inside’s Google’s yard, not Apple’s. On a computer that does not encounter this problem, select Start Run. In the Open box, type regedit, and then select OK. Locate, and then click the following registry subkey: HKEYLOCALMACHINE Software Classes htmlfile shell open command. On the File or Registry menu (depending on your operating system), select Export.
The two main ones are:
– Linkedin where you have the page that has ‘People you might know’ I can’t click on the bottom bar (connect, send message, shared connections) of each listing, but I can click on the profile.
– Not really a page but when I bookmark a page with getpocket and go to add tags, I can get the tag list to show but can’t click any of the options, so I have to type the tag in full.
– Linkedin where you have the page that has ‘People you might know’ I can’t click on the bottom bar (connect, send message, shared connections) of each listing, but I can click on the profile.
– Not really a page but when I bookmark a page with getpocket and go to add tags, I can get the tag list to show but can’t click any of the options, so I have to type the tag in full.
There are other pages I am having similar problems with but I can’t remember which ones. I have spent a bit of time looking for solutions or others with the same problem but I can’t find anything that helps.
Feel it is a setting but don’t know where to start.
While typing this I thought I would just double check. So tried clicking the connect option with my mouse and nada, in frustration I touched the screen muttering something along the lines of ‘why don’t you work’, and low and behold the connection request was sent (obviously I have a touch screen PC – though I never use it). I have confirmed that touching the screen works for get pocket.
So any help on getting mouse to work would be appreciated.
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@Fred, well you where right about Adblock plus. After adding Bol.com to the trusted domains list, all links on the site worked again!I can verify this, because if I remove Bol.com from the list, then the links don't work again. So this is deff and Adblock issue :)
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I thought I was going crazy! I'm glad to hear that I'm not the only one who's having this issue.I'm having issues on this login page for bol.com: https://www.bol.com/sdd/login.html I cannot click any link on that page at all. Can you please try for me if works for you?I'm trying to find out what is causing this with bol.com support. If I know more, and it turns out to be chrome related, i'll fill a bug report for Chrome.If you find any more sites that suffer from this issue, please post them here. That will help me make a case for Google.Thank you
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Pretty much the entire Blue bar is unclickable in chrome, works fine for me in ie. So I suspect it is a problem with a chrome setting.However, while typing I had a thought about adblock which I disabled and now the links work Still work after I re-enabled adblock. So getting well past my understanding :(
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Fred, I feel for you! Have just double-checked LinkedIn on my PC (Chrome, Windows 7) and confirmed I have no such problems. Kihara may well be right and it may be a Chrome issue, but it could also be an extension. Try disabling all the extensions and test Chrome, then add the extensions back one at a time until you identify the culprit.
If you find out what caused the problem, post it here. It'll be good for the future generations! -
Chrome has issues on touchscreens. Type 'chrome://flags' in the address bar, hit enter and scroll down until you find these two settings; Touch Optimized UI and Enable touch events. Enable them both and see if this solves the problem.
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Thank you to you both.
Kihara your answer didn't fix my problem but gave me a direction to head in. Did as you said and the links are still not clickable with my mouse. I disabled the two settings and mouse clicks on those pages work.I don't really use the touchscreen option (been using a mouse and keyboard for way too long to break that habit) so it isn't a biggie for me.
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In the Control Panel window, click Programs option, see screenshot:3. And then go on clicking Default Programs option in the Programs window, see screenshot:4.
In the Default Programs window, please click Set your default programs option, see screenshot:5. In the popping up Set Default Programs window, specify one browser you want to use from the Programs list box, and then click Set this program as default option in the right section, see screenshot:6. Then click OK to close the windows, from now on, when clicking the hyperlink in Outlook, it will be opened with the browser you have specified.Note: The changed browser will be applied on the computer. Auto CC/BCC by rules when sending email; Auto Forward Multiple Emails by custom; Auto Reply without exchange server, and more automatic features. BCC Warning - show message when you try to reply all if your mail address is in the BCC list; Remind When Missing Attachments, and more remind features.
Reply (All) With All Attachments in the mail conversation; Reply Many Emails in seconds; Auto Add Greeting when reply; Add Date into subject. Attachment Tools: Manage All Attachments in All Mails, Auto Detach, Compress All, Rename All, Save All.
Quick Report, Count Selected Mails. Powerful Junk Emails by custom; Remove Duplicate Mails and Contacts. Enable you to do smarter, faster and better in Outlook. Windows 10 + Chrome: I envy the ones that figured that out. I had to do dig deep and ended up with a non-pro solution.
I disabled the Internet Explorer 11 (under Windows's Programs and Features - Turn Windows features on or off). Yet, now 'My' Outlook says it needs a program to open '.mht' files when I click on 'open in browser'.
I associate the extention with it. They say Chrome does not support that so I had to install an extention called IE Tab. After all that I need to click on 'open in browser', then click on 'use Chrome to open.mht - OK' and then to click on 'IE Tab Icon' to reload the nonsence into an actual web page. LOL to that.01 I tried to change default browser- I already have that.
Geez, I grew up on Windows since 9502 I tried to change default program by file type - Chrome doesn't support.mht and W10 doesn't associate it with it03 I tried to change default program by protocol - It is set to Chrome, yet - 0204 I tried to change defaults by app - 02I bet registry change wouldn't help. I also tried to use firefox but it seems it has the same issue with the.mht files. Other solution is to find an app in Windows Store but I guess none of us wants that. As others have stated, this procedure DOESN'T fix the issue of Explorer being the browser that opens from Outlook (for instance, when an email doesn't download properly and I choose 'view it in a web browser') but also messes up all other associations. After following the instructions under 'Changing The Default Program Setting In Your Computer', I had to redo associations for PDFs and for Email / Calendar, as I show in the image.At first I thought @devilish2o was a little harsh, but I end up agreeing - you should be fired.