Symptoms 

The following error message message might appear if you try to open an HTML document:

The error Failed to open the file "" using Embedded Office application. Exit code: . occurred when opening the file "".

Cause

This issue might be caused by the links in the HTML document if it contains URL links.

Resolution

Please try to add Internet access to the machine, where you process the HTML file or remove the URL links from the input HTML file before processing.