Hyperlink message

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I have a form in which I have a hyperlink field that opens a folder to
display a number of files within that folder that the user can then open and
view. However, every time you click on the hyperlink, you get the message:

"Some files may contain viruses or otherwise my be harmful to your computer.
It is important to be certain that this file is from a trustworthly source.
Would you like to open this file?"

You then click yes, and it goes on and opens the folder.

Is there a security setting somewhere (can't seem to find anything) that I
change so the user doesn't get this message every single time?

Thanks in advance,
Bob
 
Hi,
I don't think you can get around that.
It is a security feature incorperated into office/windows.
You might want to concider a different method to display your files. You
could do it directly within access without ever leaving it and then just open
the files from there.
HTH
Good luck
 
Must be a 2003 version thing, I guess. It doesn't do it at the office; just
here at home. Both locations running WindowsXP; but they're still on
Office2000 there, and I'm using Office2003 here.
 
Thanks Oliver.....I did find a way around it in case you're interested.

Microsoft Article 829072.

Not sure I can convince the IT folks at the office to add a registry key,
but at least it works great here at home. Of course, it was made for use at
the office, so that's kind of unfortunate. Too bad there isn't a way to
disable it within Access, but there doesn't seem to be.

Thanks again,
Bob
 
You need to change the registry on each computer that gets this message..
Here is the whole article
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=829072

1. Click Start, and then click Run.
2. In the Open dialog box, type regedit, and then click OK.
3. In Registry Editor, locate and then click one of the following
registry subkeys:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Common
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Common
Notes . You only have to modify one of these registry subkeys, not
both of them.
. If the
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Common registry
subkey does not exist, you may have to manually create it.

4. After you click the registry subkey, point to New on the Edit menu,
and then click Key.
5. Type Security, and then press ENTER to name the key.
6. On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click DWORD Value.
7. Type DisableHyperlinkWarning, and then press ENTER to name the
entry.
8. In the right pane, right-click DisableHyperlinkWarning, and then
click Modify.
9. In the Edit DWORD Value dialog box, click Decimal, and then type 1
under Value data.

Note A value of 0 enables the hyperlink warning message, and a value
of 1 disables the warning message.
10. Click OK.
11. Quit Registry Editor.
 
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