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Asked: 2026-05-13T06:19:09+00:00

I have an MS-Word document with a hyperlink. The hyperlink points at an authentication

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I have an MS-Word document with a hyperlink. The hyperlink points at an authentication redirector on my server. When I control-click on the hyperlink, my server logs report that it

  1. does a fetch with IE, then
  2. fetches the redirect url with IE, then
  3. launches the “default browser”, which is Firefox in my case, and re-fetches the second (redirect) URL.

What gives? Is this by design?

I noticed this because my auth system is currently dependent on cookies set by the redirector. I have some ideas about using url-based auth for this bit, but I need to know what is motivating Word’s behavior first.

I have some guesses but I’m looking for something authoritative (or at least a better-informed guess).

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  1. Editorial Team

    Unfortunately, yes. And they try to blame it on “a limitation of the single sign-on system used by the web server”…

    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/899927

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