cannot insert web browser in excel365

Question

I receive the error "Cannot insert object" when inserting the Microsoft Web Browser ActiveX control

Answer 1

Hello Mobisam,

Please see the following document and workaround:

Cannot insert certain scriptable ActiveX controls into Office 2013 documents

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/troubleshoot/administration/insert-scriptable-activex-control

This issue occurs because some scriptable controls are made obsolete in Office 2013 for security reasons. This is by design, and these errors are expected. These scriptable controls are disabled by using a version-specific kill-bit that only applies to these controls, and this only happens when they are used in a document. We recommend that you do not try to embed scriptable controls directly into documents, because this behavior may reduce system security.

However, there is a workaround, but this may open you up to security risks and use it at your own risk.

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