I need to prevent Excel hyperlinks from being redirected by website scripts. Details are below.
In a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet, I use the formula =hyperlink("url") to define hyperlinks to various websites. For most websites, the hyperlinks work as expected; however, some websites have implemented a script to redirect the hyperlink after the first click. The first time I click on the hyperlink after starting Excel, the hyperlink works correctly. Subsequent clicks on the hyperlink are redirected until I restart Excel. I am able to defeat the script (and thus prevent the redirect) by adding the website domain to Internet Explorer's "Restricted Sites" (under the IE Security tab); however, this breaks other functionality of the hyperlinked website. How can I prevent this unwanted redirect without adding the domain to Restricted Sites? If I could somehow clear the hyperlink cache after the hyperlink is clicked (using Excel VBA), that would be an acceptable option.
I am running Excel 2016 (32-bit) in Windows 7 (32-bit) with IE 11.
