Word2003:Supressing warning messager clicking on a hyperlink

[ChrisGreaves]

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Public Function OpenAllPDFDocumentsInFolder(strPath As String)
    Dim strFileName As String
    strFileName = Dir(strPath)
    While Len(strFileName) > 0
        If UCase(Right(strFileName, 4)) = ".PDF" Then
            On Error GoTo Failed
            ShellExecute 0, vbNullString, strPath & strFileName, vbNullString, "C:\", 1
        Else
        End If
        strFileName = Dir
    Wend
    Exit Function
    '''
Failed:
    Select Case Err.Number; (snip!); nd Select
End Function

This Wortd2003/VBA function (with its cover “Sub OpenAllPDFsInActiveDocumentFolder()”) works fine. It will open twenty PDF spec sheets in Foxit Reader lickety-split. No ifs, ands or buts.

OpeningPDFs01.png

But If I click on the hyperlink to a PDF in my Word2003 document I am awarded a pop-up message.
For each clicked hyperlink.
(there is no “do not show this warning again”)
I cannot find a spot in Control Panel to disable this message, nor can I find anything under (Word2003) Tools, Options that suggests it might disable the warning, let alone cancel it.

Control Panel:
Changes to your computer: set to Never Notify
Windows Defender: I see no suitable options here
Parental Controls: I see no suitable options here
Word2003 Tools, Options
Security: I see no suitable options here
Macro Security: Set to Low; both “Trust” options checked ON

Even stranger, once my macro has opened all twenty-one PDF files in the folder, clicking on any one hyperlink in my Word2003 document now swaps me to the specific PDF file in Foxit Reader with no questions asked. I find this most peculiar, although I suppose from Word’s point of view, it is now not opening a PDF file as much as switching to an already-open PDF file.

Question: Is there a user-friendly interface to disable this warning, globally on my computer, for all future PDF hyperlinks in my Woird documents?
I suspect that there is a RegEdit fix, for sure. But how would an innocent user go about disabling the warning.

Thanks in Advance
Chris

[HansV]

No, you can only disable the warning by creating a registry key. See How to disable hyperlink warnings in Microsoft Office 2003?

[ChrisGreaves]

No, you can only disable the warning by creating a registry key. See How to disable hyperlink warnings in Microsoft Office 2003?

Thanks Hans.
I thought I had missed an Options setting somewhere.
Cheers
Chris