How to disable warning messages hyperlink in Office 2007 programs?

[Emily123]

Hello everyone,
I am getting troubled by the warning messages that displays in the Microsoft Office 2007. I want help from you guys to prevent the MS Office 2007 programs to display a warning message whenever I click a hyperlink in an Office 2007 program. I have tried a lot of different things to do but I was not successful. Please tell me how to disable warning messages hyperlink in Office 2007 programs?? Since I know the registry editing you can suggest me the changes in registries also. Help me soon.

[DANIEL 602]

In Office 2007 when you click a hyperlink or an object that links to an executable file, you receive the following warning message :

• Hyperlinks can be harmful to your computer and your data. To protect your computer, click only those hyperlinks from trusted sources. Are you sure?

This problem occurs regardless of your level settings for security. To locate your settings to security level, point to Macro on the Tools menu and click Security.

[super soaker]

In addition, when opening TIFF images or MDI (Microsoft Document Imaging) files, you receive the following warning message :

• Some files may contain viruses or be harmful to your computer. It is important to ensure that this file is from a trusted source. Would you open this file?

You receive this warning message even when you've already implemented the registry key described in this article. This message comes from file HLINK.dll during navigation link is managed. You can distinguish the message hyperlink warning Office 2007 from HLINK warning message by looking for quotation marks around the file path in the warning message.

[Bigga Lexx]

To disable the hyperlink warnings in 2007 Office programs when an http:// address, Remarks: / / or ftp:// address is used, you must create a new subkey registry. To do this, follow these steps :

1. Click Start, and then click Run.
2. In the Open dialog box, type regedit, and then click OK.
3. In Registry Editor, locate one of the subkeys of the following registry :
   
   • HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Office \ 12.0 \ Common
   • HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Policies \ Microsoft \ Office \ 12.0 \ Common
4. Click on the sub-registry key, point to New on the Edit menu and then click Key.
5. Type Security, and then press ENTER to name the key.
6. In the Edit menu, point to New and click DWORD value.
7. DisableHyperlinkWarning type, then press ENTER to name the entry.
8. In the right pane, click the right mouse button on DisableHyperlinkWarning, then click Edit.
9. In the dialog Edit DWORD Value, click Decimal, and then type 1 under Value data.
10. Click OK.
11. Quit Registry Editor.

[Kirmiac]

You can still receive a warning message from Microsoft Windows. If you continue to receive a warning message then follow the steps for disabling the option "Confirm open after download" for the file type you try to open :

1. Double-click My Computer.
2. In the Tools menu, click Folder Options.
3. On the File Types tab, select the appropriate extension name (for example, WMV) in the Registered file types, then click Advanced.
4. Uncheck the box next to Confirm open after download, then click OK.
5. In the Options dialog box, files, click Close.

[Sam.D]

To disable the warning message, follow these steps :

1. Click Start, click Run, type regedit and click OK.
2. Locate the subkey in the registry:
   HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT \ WMVFile \ EditFlags
3. Click EditFlags, and then click Rename on the Edit menu.
4. Type OldEditFlags and then press ENTER.
5. In the Edit menu, point to New and click DWORD value.
6. Type EditFlags, and then press ENTER.
7. In the Edit menu, click Modify.
8. In the dialog Edit DWORD Value, click Hexadecimal under Base.
9. Type 10 000 and then click OK.

[kattman]

If you want to turn the warning message, follow these steps :

1. Click Start, click Run, type regedit and click OK.
2. Locate the subkey in the registry:
   HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT \ WMVFile \ EditFlags
3. Click EditFlags, and then click Modify on the Edit menu.
4. Type 0, and then click OK.