Deeplinks from Microsoft Office to a document do not work

Symptons

Deeplink from Microsoft Office to a document do not work. It works with other applications but not with Microsoft Office

Cause

The "issue" is related to Microsoft Office what block it by default because the way on how Office opens links.

Solution

Force Office to use Windows way of opening links. You can find some description of the issue here.

Download the ForceShellExecute.zip and apply the register changes in your Windows system.

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