I want to turn off the message when I click on a .doc attachment to read it
in an email that says "this can be a problem". The check box for stopping
this is greyed out. Where do I go to stop this nonsense?

Hi,

You probably do not have the permissions to modify the registry data needed
to disable this prompt.

1. Are you using Windows Vista or Windows XP?
2. What is the exact text of the warning?
3. Are you a member of the local Administrators group?
4. Do you also experience this warning for other files (Excel, PPT, etc.)?

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Thanks

greg mansius [MSFT]
Microsoft Office Outlook Support

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"Telstar" none@none wrote in message
...
I want to turn off the message when I click on a .doc attachment to read it
in an email that says "this can be a problem". The check box for stopping
this is greyed out. Where do I go to stop this nonsense?

"Greg Mansius [MSFT]" wrote in message
...
Hi,

You probably do not have the permissions to modify the registry data
needed to disable this prompt.

1. Are you using Windows Vista or Windows XP?
2. What is the exact text of the warning?
3. Are you a member of the local Administrators group?
4. Do you also experience this warning for other files (Excel, PPT, etc.)?

"You should only open attachments from a trustworthy source"
The checkbox to disable the message is greyed out.

I have admin. status.

Did you try editing the registry to "unblock" this? If so, remove the
registry changes.

Does it only happen on doc's also on other office formats?

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Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
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"Telstar" none@none wrote in message
...

"Greg Mansius [MSFT]" wrote in message
...
Hi,

You probably do not have the permissions to modify the registry data
needed to disable this prompt.

1. Are you using Windows Vista or Windows XP?
2. What is the exact text of the warning?
3. Are you a member of the local Administrators group?
4. Do you also experience this warning for other files (Excel, PPT,
etc.)?

"You should only open attachments from a trustworthy source"
The checkbox to disable the message is greyed out.

I have admin. status.

I did not edit the registry. It happens on all office formats...

"Diane Poremsky" wrote in message
...
Did you try editing the registry to "unblock" this? If so, remove the
registry changes.

Does it only happen on doc's also on other office formats?

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/

Outlook Tips by email:


Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com
Subscribe to Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter:



"Telstar" none@none wrote in message
...

"Greg Mansius [MSFT]" wrote in message
...
Hi,

You probably do not have the permissions to modify the registry data
needed to disable this prompt.

1. Are you using Windows Vista or Windows XP?
2. What is the exact text of the warning?
3. Are you a member of the local Administrators group?
4. Do you also experience this warning for other files (Excel, PPT,
etc.)?

"You should only open attachments from a trustworthy source"
The checkbox to disable the message is greyed out.

I have admin. status.

I was having the issue described below with Vista and Outlook 2007. Other
posts stated it was a machine wide configuration setting that became
available when you right clicked the Outlook icon and selected "Run as
Administrator".

This made perfect sense except it didn't help me. The checkbox was still
disabled. I tried so many different things and then tried right clicking the
Outlook icon, selecting "Run as Administrator" while holding the CTRL key
down to start in Safe mode. My left eye was half closed and I was holding my
breath and UAC was bravely enabled - yep, I'm perservering but that's another
story.

Finally, after several hours and much cursing, the little checkbox to not
prompt for opening a JPG attachment was enabled. I removed the tick with a
sigh of relief and it no longer annoys the hell outa me.

After this, the checkbox was always available when running Outlook as
Administrator. I back tracked, enabled antivirus, enabled RSS feeds, enabled
all the addins, rebooted, sneezed once and could no longer reproduce the same
issue.

I think, by design, the checkbox is disabled for users (even local admins)
but "should" be enabled when "Run as Administrator".

Hope this helps someone somewhere.

"You should only open attachments from a trustworthy source"
The checkbox to disable the message is greyed out.