A program is trying to acces e-mail addresses stored in Outlook

[marcopro]

If I switch to using word as the default email editor I receive the following
warning everytime I send a new email; "A program is trying to acces e-mail
addresses your have stored in Outlook. Do you want to allow this?" According
to Microsoft you should not get this message if your software is a trusted
add-in that can properly identify itself to Outlook as a safe program. Well
Word is not an add-in it's part of office, so why am I receiving this message?


Here's my current setup:

Windows XP Service Pack 2
Outlook 2002 Service Pack 3

Hopefully someone will read this who can provide a solution.

Thanks,

Marco

 

[Brian Tillman]

If I switch to using word as the default email editor I receive the
following warning everytime I send a new email; "A program is trying
to acces e-mail addresses your have stored in Outlook. Do you want to
allow this?" According to Microsoft you should not get this message
if your software is a trusted add-in that can properly identify
itself to Outlook as a safe program. Well Word is not an add-in it's
part of office, so why am I receiving this message?

You have a Word add-in, perhaps, like Adobe Acrobat. Remove the PDFMaker
add-in and see if that helps.

 

[marcopro]

Thanks Brian,

I called MS Tech Support and was told that this problem is not a problem ,
rather it is by design as part of SP3 security enhancement. Their suggestion
to eliminate the problem is to upgrade to Office 2003.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

That's only half the answer. The other half is what Brian told you: An application is responsible. It's probably Adobe's PDFMaker add-in for Outlook. Remove it and the prompt will go away.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers