A quite separate issue! How can such a change of link be related to security warnings? #4 Why do hyperlinks change when copy/pasted to new worksheet Again one that I think has a beter chance of getting a useful answer in a separate thread. #3 Where can I find a list of 'protocols'? That seems confirmed by the latest posts. Including it in #1 is not an effective way to handle it IMO. But it required considerable preparation to make that accessible to others. That focuses on one specific but promising strand that I discovered. #2 Why this change after worksheet saved?

#1 How can I stop these pesky hyperlink warnings? Focusing on the substance rather than the rules, and assuming that you've read each of the posts, here is some further clarification: I concede that the post topics clearly overlap, but I was unaware that I was breaking any rules. Terry - please continue in this thread and this thread only for this hyperlink issue. like instance of them blocking user activity in c directory that started years ago. issue also could be related to microsoft protect nature of their directories. bad thing is, if you ask any microsoft workers, they always claim registry changes. many vba programmers say that is good solution but people still complain. i seen lots of talk about it too, and there never seems be any sort of problems solved by that. i never have need for anything in there, in settings. i change them many times and run tests, and nothing happened. i have never found that trusted locations do anything. for people that do not understand safety or are scared, works fine. That is default message from microsoft because they are good at trying to think what users want.

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