title: Query string being removed from Hyperlink URL (Interop)
body: <p>I am adding a hyperlink to a document, that includes a query string.</p>
  
  <p>URL example: <code>https://www.website.com.au/paynow/ext?rn=555&amp;amt=95.40</code></p>
  
  <p>I add this to the document like so -</p>
  
  <pre><code>Dim hyperlink As Word.Hyperlink = WordDocument.Hyperlinks.Add(Me.Range, URL, "", "", "Click me to visit the website")
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This opens the website and ignores the query string passed in (basically running <code>https://www.website.com.au</code>.</p>
  
  <p>If I copy the hyperlink link directly (open the document, right click on the hyperlink and select "copy link"), then open a browser and paste it --> the url loads correctly, with the query string being used.</p>
  
  <p>I have checked through fiddler, and it seems like the document add-in is using the final re-direct URL returned. From reading, it seems this could also be a known issue with the Office product? </p>
  
  <p>Also - if I (programatically) take the same URL I'm adding to the hyperlink and add it to a Process.Start("URL"), it loads perfectly fine.</p>
  
  <p>[I even tried encoding the URL - no difference].</p>
  
  <p>Any ideas, starting to go crazy here?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks in advance.</p>