Microsoft KB Archive/173392

= XL97: Hyperlink Does Not Work or Open in Separate Window =

Article ID: 173392

Article Last Modified on 10/22/2000

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q173392



SYMPTOMS
If you have a hyperlink in an HTML document that links to a Microsoft Excel workbook, the hyperlink may fail to work, or if it does work, your workbook may be opened in a separate window instead of within your browser.



CAUSE
You may experience the above behavior if you do the following:
 * Click a hyperlink in an HTML document that opens a Microsoft Excel workbook within the browser window. -and-


 * Click the Back button in your browser to return to the HTML document with the hyperlink. -and-


 * Click the hyperlink again to display your workbook.



STATUS
This problem was corrected in Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows, Service Release 1 (SR-1). This problem no longer occurs in Microsoft Excel 2000.



MORE INFORMATION
For additional information, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

156264 Document Disappears After Clicking Hyperlink

162692 Unexpected Error Following Hyperlink

