
OWA in Chrome 37 and later could temporarily be fixed with a Registry key. To apply this change without needing to go into the Registry yourself, use the reg-file from the downloadable zip-file below.

Value: ShowModalDialog_EffectiveUntil20150430 Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Google\Chrome\EnableDeprecatedWebPlatformFeatures It gives you the added benefit of being able to continue to type your message while the attachments are being uploaded.Ī solutions that worked until Apwas to re-enable the showModalDialog API via the Registry. This can be deployed in a corporate environment and might already have been installed for you. It might be easier to switch when you are an Exchange administrator and otherwise you can still do things via PowerShell.Ī quick fix for the attachments issue is to install Microsoft Silverlight. While you could use another browser (just for OWA) for the time being, this might actually not be that easy within a corporate environment. This also applied to various other dialogs which only required a single input of data like when managing the network adapter bindings when creating/managing a Receive Connector. For instance, when trying to manage the email addresses of an account, you couldn’t add an alias to the account as pressing on the + icon did nothing. However, OWA 2013 did use this method quite a bit in the Exchange Administration Center (EAC or where your OWA URL ends with /ecp). OWA 2013 used it a lot less in the client environment and the aforementioned features did not break in OWA 2013. OWA 2010 users and OWA 2013 admins mostly affectedīefore the latest Exchange updates, OWA 2010 used the “showModalDialog” method quite a bit for various user features which are mentioned above. The duplicate hyperlink issue in OWA 2010 is a separate bug of Chrome (introduced in version 37) which the Chrome development team is looking into. Installing Silverlight, could otherwise solve some issues as well. If your administrator keeps the Exchange servers up-to-date, you should no longer have this issue.

Until April 30, 2015, a Registry modification allowed you to re-enable the API for Chrome versions 37 to 41. Typed hyperlinks duplicate after hitting spacebar or enter.Īs of Chrome 37, the “showModalDialog” API has been deprecated by the Chrome development team and completely removed as of Chrome version 42.

Opening the Address Book (either via the icon or pressing on To, CC or BCC).I’m using Google Chrome as my default browser but after installing the latest update of Chrome, I find several features within Outlook Web App (OWA) to be no longer functioning.
