Windows 10: Windows Security Warning for Cookies, links in Excel & every "Default Browser"

Recently 30-60 days? I've noticed hyperlinks which I've clicked on in Excel will intermittently present a popup warning: "To allow this website to provide information personalized for you, will you allow it to put a small file called a cookie on your computer?"I visit many websites during the day while performing my job. The links are often found in Excel documents.It's difficult to define the conditions for recreating the issue. 1 Over the course of a few days I visit the same website using different credentials for different business entities. It seems that when I restart the cycle, t

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security warning on edge

Hi,


Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.



I understand your concern and will assist you to resolve this issue.

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  Which is the default home page in Microsoft Edge?
  
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  Since when are you facing this issue?
  
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  Did you make any changes prior to this issue?
  

I suggest you to Clear caches and cookies and check if it helps.

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  Open Microsoft EDGE.
  
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  After that click on (…) “More action” option which is visible at top right side of the browser and you will see “Settings” option.
  
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  Under “Settings” scroll down and you will see a button “Choose what to clear” under “Clear browsing data” option.
  
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  Once you click on this option you will see list of feature, Select Cached data and file.
  
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  Here you need to check the option you want to clear and click “Clear” button.
  

If the issue persist I suggest you to send us the screen shot of the Security Warning message.


Follow the steps given in the link below to provide the screenshot.

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Reply with necessary information so that we can assist you better.

Thanks and Regards.

 

Web links in other apps take forever to open in browser

Hi,

The issue your experiencing about the hyperlink can happen to one or more of the following reasons:

• The setting where you choose what web browser that you want to use is corrupted. This can cause Windows to misinterpret which browser is set as the default browser on your computer.
• After the software was installed, settings were changed, which can cause links to webpages to work incorrectly.
• A previously installed browser or add-in might be interfering with other software on your computer.
• Registry keys were changed or became corrupted.

You can set Internet Explore or Microsoft Edge as your default browser for opening weblinks in your app and check if the issue will still occur.

We suggest to clear cache and cookies from the Microsoft Edge browser. See steps below:

• Open Microsoft Edge, click on More Action at the right top corner.
• Click on Settings, click on Choose what to clear under Clear browsing data.
• Select the Browsing history, caches and cookies and hit Clear.
• Close the browser and try to open it again.

Let us know if you have any other questions.

 

File Download Security Warning - WIndows 10

Google Chrome is my default browser. I tried clearing browser data in it as you suggested for Edge, but that didn't work. This File Download - Security Warning message whenever I go to a url saved in a link is a recent occurrence I believe associated with
a recent Windows Update.

Please help. I have many URLs saved as links and this is becoming a nuisance.