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Hi I am trying to open an Office document by clicking on the search results document title, however an error box pops up saying:

This action couldn't be performed because Office doesn't recognize the command it was given.

From the same computer with the above error, it can open in Chrome OK.

If I copy the url of the document and paste it in to a new Window in IE, the document opens OK.

If I right click and open the document in a new tab in IE, again it opens OK.

It is only when left clicking and trying to open the document from the Search results window.

On another computer I get the same error as above in IE, and yet another third computer again it works in IE!

Screenshot of the issue is below:

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Which version of Office is this? – lgaud Feb 5 at 18:13
Its Office 2013. From a machine with 2010, it seems to open OK. – g18c Feb 6 at 7:55
I am seeing this problem as well on a stand alone SP2013 Foundation machine with Office 2013 installed. Not using it in Search, but getting it when trying to open an InfoPath form by clicking it in a Forms library. Right clicking and choosing 'Edit' works fine though. – Muhimbi Apr 8 at 10:46

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