Gandalf_The_Grey
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- Briefly explain your current issue(s)
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Can't open Excel files in protected view anymore
- Steps taken to resolve, but have been unsuccessful
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Reinstalled Windows 11 and Office 365.
Summited false positive to Avira.
Disabled web protection on router.
- Your current Antivirus
- Microsoft Defender on High settings by ConfigureDefender and Simple Windows Hardening on basic recommended settings.
Since last Friday I can't open Excel files delivered by mail and saved to my Downloads folder in protected view anymore.
I get the error message : "The file can't be openend in the protected view.
Windows Defender and Simple Windows Hardening logs show no blocks.
But P-Link HomeShield Pro (powered by Avira) shows a blocked domain: augmentation.osi.officeppe.net with reason phishing.
I have submitted it as false positive to Avira.
When disabling the web protection of my TP-Link router nothing changes, I still can't open Excel files in protected view.
So, it is probably a coincidence, but wanted to mention it, because I'm not sure.
This is the most recent mention of the same problem I could find:
But I don't think there is a solution on that webpage.
I have reinstalled Windows 11 and Office 365, but that does not help.
Of course unblocking a file or disabling protected view solves my problem, but it is not a good resolution security wise.
Does anybody has had the same problem and knows a solution to this problem?
I get the error message : "The file can't be openend in the protected view.
Windows Defender and Simple Windows Hardening logs show no blocks.
But P-Link HomeShield Pro (powered by Avira) shows a blocked domain: augmentation.osi.officeppe.net with reason phishing.
When disabling the web protection of my TP-Link router nothing changes, I still can't open Excel files in protected view.
So, it is probably a coincidence, but wanted to mention it, because I'm not sure.
This is the most recent mention of the same problem I could find:
The File Couldn't Open in Protected View [Excel, Word]
The file couldn't open in Protected View? Disable in-sheet protection and hardware acceleration or use a file repair program to fix the error.
windowsreport.com
I have reinstalled Windows 11 and Office 365, but that does not help.
Of course unblocking a file or disabling protected view solves my problem, but it is not a good resolution security wise.
Does anybody has had the same problem and knows a solution to this problem?