MS Hyperlink Warning message

Leesha
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MS Hyperlink Warning message

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Hi,
I have a form that contains hyperlinks to files on both my C drive and an external E drive. Why I double click the link for the file on the E drive it is fine. When I double click a link for a file on the C drive I get a warning re hyperlinks being potentially harmful............. Is there a way to stop this warning?

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Re: MS Hyperlink Warning message

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Do you get this warning for ALL files on the C: drive or just for some files?
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Hi Hans,
I'm getting it on word docs and pdfs. I don't get it on a jpg file.
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Best wishes,
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Hi
I tried the auto Fix It and the manual and neither stopped. It's not a show stopper, just a nag.
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Have you tried the "Method 2: Modify the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\<CLSID>\EditFlags registry subkey" section of the article?

For example, for .docx files, do the following:
- Start RegEdit.
- Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.docx
- Note the value of the (Default) entry. On my PC, it is Word.Document.12
- Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.12 (using the value you noted in the previous step)
- If there is an entry named EditFlags in the right-hand pane, double-click it, and change its value to Hexadecimal 10000 (or Decimal 65536).
- If there is no entry named EditFlags, select Edit > New > DWORD (32-bit) Value...
- Name the new entry EditFlags, and set its value to Hexadecimal 10000 (or Decimal 65536).
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Hans