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I’ve forgotten how to do this easy, basic thing:
I have a graphic on my screen. When I click it, I want it to open a website.
This used to work for me, but now I get a message “Uunable to open https//twitter.com/. Cannot download the information you requested.”
Maybe this is some sort of security update
My browser is Chrome.
Lou Sander
It is a small JPG image of the Twitter logo.
When I right click it, I get a menu with Move Here / Copy Here / Cancel.
When I right click it again, I get an expanded menu. No Properties to choose, but the above plus Change Picture, Edit Hyperlink, etc.
When I choose Edit Hyperlink, I get the Edit Hyperlink window, with Address https://twitter.com/home
When I get out of that and just click the image, I get the “Unable to open…” message above. The same happens if I delete the “/home” from the hyperlink.
Same thing if I delete the hyperlink and start over.
I don’t remember how I originally got the link in there. It was years ago, and it worked perfectly until recently.
Lou Sander
Sorry, I’m confused… You’ve posted as an Office 2010 or below question, but don’t say what software you are using other than Chrome.
Is the website uploaded from an old Office/Word version, but not working when you have tried uploading the edit from Office, then try it in Chrome, or is it failing when you are trying it in Office/Word after the edit?
Are you able to access the link without hyperlinking it to the graphic?
This may possibly be related to a registry issue.
I don’t understand “http only” or “just www” there are always more characters to it than that. Please, everyone, be more specific, as I am struggling with this. I also don’t understand the working of Win R.
Attached is a test file with links and linked images. The image links were inserted by double right clicking the images (sometimes it took several tries) and using the Edit Hyperlink window to enter text and a link.
All the links work except the one to Twitter.
I am totally mystified.
Lou Sander
None of them work. I keep getting the same message:
“Unable to open http://twitter.com/. (or similar) Cannot download the information you requested. ‘
I am giving up on this noble but futile quest. I will open Twitter directly from my browser, instead of trying to do it from a link in Excel.
Thanks for your efforts to help! Sorry for the delay in responding.
Lou Sander
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