after installing office 2003 SP3 file types are restricted

[stephen Johnson]

i'm in a large office setting. After installing SP3 certain file types are
restricted. Some of which we are currenlty using.
You can find the info on this -- http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938810/

In this site it states how to allow these files to be opened/used, it lists
two different registry entires for word, excel, powerpoint.. . But None of
the registry entries show on my system(s) -I've checked a few machines
Yet these files are still restricted.

so my question is where are these restrictions being housed or how these are
being controlled since we don’t see evidence of control in the registry
locations given to us.

 

[neo [mvp outlook]]

the registry keys/locations do not exist by default. you have to create
them if you wish to work with the extension types in word, excel, and
PowerPoint.

 

[stephen Johnson]

yes i've added the keys in the registry and the file types are still restricted

but i have a question, if the keys were not there then what and where were
the restrictions coming from?

 

[neo [mvp outlook]]

can you export/copy n' paste the section of the registry you changed so I
verify it against the kb article? (only if you want me to verify that you
can gain access/work with the blocked file types.)

and to answer your question, the new binaries themselves. basically this
means that microsoft programmed in the a "default" behavior to disable by
default. if wrong, then the site/end user can turn the functionality back
on by creating the correct registry keys/values.

 

[stephen Johnson]

here is one of the keys that was added
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\11.0]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Excel]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Excel\Security]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Excel\Security\FileOpenBlock]
"LotusandQuattroFiles"=dword:00000000


there are two sections/places that an edit can be made, i will place the
other shortly.

 

[stephen Johnson]

here is the other registry setting

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Excel\Security\FileOpenBlock]
"LotusandQuattroFiles"=dword:00000000

here is one of the keys that was added
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\11.0]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Excel]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Excel\Security]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Excel\Security\FileOpenBlock]
"LotusandQuattroFiles"=dword:00000000


there are two sections/places that an edit can be made, i will place the
other shortly.

can you export/copy n' paste the section of the registry you changed so I
verify it against the kb article? (only if you want me to verify that you
can gain access/work with the blocked file types.)

and to answer your question, the new binaries themselves. basically this
means that microsoft programmed in the a "default" behavior to disable by
default. if wrong, then the site/end user can turn the functionality back
on by creating the correct registry keys/values.

 

[neo [mvp outlook]]

I don't see a problem with the registry keys. I also verified on my machine
that if I create this registry key, Excel 2003 will open a Lotus (wk1) file.


[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Excel\Security\FileOpenBlock]
"LotusandQuattroFiles"=dword:00000000


The only "special" thing was restart Excel since I made the registry edit
with the program running.

here is the other registry setting

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Excel\Security\FileOpenBlock]
"LotusandQuattroFiles"=dword:00000000

here is one of the keys that was added
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\11.0]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Excel]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Excel\Security]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Excel\Security\FileOpenBlock]
"LotusandQuattroFiles"=dword:00000000


there are two sections/places that an edit can be made, i will place the
other shortly.

can you export/copy n' paste the section of the registry you changed
so I
verify it against the kb article? (only if you want me to verify that
you
can gain access/work with the blocked file types.)

and to answer your question, the new binaries themselves. basically
this
means that microsoft programmed in the a "default" behavior to disable
by
default. if wrong, then the site/end user can turn the functionality
back
on by creating the correct registry keys/values.


message yes i've added the keys in the registry and the file types are still
restricted

but i have a question, if the keys were not there then what and where
were
the restrictions coming from?

:

the registry keys/locations do not exist by default. you have to
create
them if you wish to work with the extension types in word, excel,
and
PowerPoint.

in
message i'm in a large office setting. After installing SP3 certain file
types
are
restricted. Some of which we are currenlty using.
You can find the info on this --
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938810/

In this site it states how to allow these files to be opened/used,
it
lists
two different registry entires for word, excel, powerpoint.. . But
None
of
the registry entries show on my system(s) -I've checked a few
machines
Yet these files are still restricted.

so my question is where are these restrictions being housed or how
these
are
being controlled since we don't see evidence of control in the
registry
locations given to us.

 

[stephen Johnson]

me either, i did do a system reboot, and still getting the error message
i also put the registry edit in both places, not sure if this will make a
difference.

I don't see a problem with the registry keys. I also verified on my machine
that if I create this registry key, Excel 2003 will open a Lotus (wk1) file.


[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Excel\Security\FileOpenBlock]
"LotusandQuattroFiles"=dword:00000000


The only "special" thing was restart Excel since I made the registry edit
with the program running.

here is the other registry setting

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Excel\Security\FileOpenBlock]
"LotusandQuattroFiles"=dword:00000000

here is one of the keys that was added
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\11.0]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Excel]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Excel\Security]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Excel\Security\FileOpenBlock]
"LotusandQuattroFiles"=dword:00000000


there are two sections/places that an edit can be made, i will place the
other shortly.

:

can you export/copy n' paste the section of the registry you changed
so I
verify it against the kb article? (only if you want me to verify that
you
can gain access/work with the blocked file types.)

and to answer your question, the new binaries themselves. basically
this
means that microsoft programmed in the a "default" behavior to disable
by
default. if wrong, then the site/end user can turn the functionality
back
on by creating the correct registry keys/values.


message yes i've added the keys in the registry and the file types are still
restricted

but i have a question, if the keys were not there then what and where
were
the restrictions coming from?

:

the registry keys/locations do not exist by default. you have to
create
them if you wish to work with the extension types in word, excel,
and
PowerPoint.

in
message i'm in a large office setting. After installing SP3 certain file
types
are
restricted. Some of which we are currenlty using.
You can find the info on this --
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938810/

In this site it states how to allow these files to be opened/used,
it
lists
two different registry entires for word, excel, powerpoint.. . But
None
of
the registry entries show on my system(s) -I've checked a few
machines
Yet these files are still restricted.

so my question is where are these restrictions being housed or how
these
are
being controlled since we don't see evidence of control in the
registry
locations given to us.

 

[neo [mvp outlook]]

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Polices... always override
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\....

Out of curiosity, the machine I tested on has the Office 2007 compatibility
pack installed. Do you have this installed?

me either, i did do a system reboot, and still getting the error message
i also put the registry edit in both places, not sure if this will make a
difference.

I don't see a problem with the registry keys. I also verified on my
machine
that if I create this registry key, Excel 2003 will open a Lotus (wk1)
file.


[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Excel\Security\FileOpenBlock]
"LotusandQuattroFiles"=dword:00000000


The only "special" thing was restart Excel since I made the registry edit
with the program running.

here is the other registry setting

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Excel\Security\FileOpenBlock]
"LotusandQuattroFiles"=dword:00000000


:

here is one of the keys that was added
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\11.0]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Excel]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Excel\Security]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Excel\Security\FileOpenBlock]
"LotusandQuattroFiles"=dword:00000000


there are two sections/places that an edit can be made, i will place
the
other shortly.

:

can you export/copy n' paste the section of the registry you
changed
so I
verify it against the kb article? (only if you want me to verify
that
you
can gain access/work with the blocked file types.)

and to answer your question, the new binaries themselves. basically
this
means that microsoft programmed in the a "default" behavior to
disable
by
default. if wrong, then the site/end user can turn the
functionality
back
on by creating the correct registry keys/values.


in
message yes i've added the keys in the registry and the file types are
still
restricted

but i have a question, if the keys were not there then what and
where
were
the restrictions coming from?

:

the registry keys/locations do not exist by default. you have to
create
them if you wish to work with the extension types in word, excel,
and
PowerPoint.

"stephen Johnson" <[email protected]>
wrote
in
message
i'm in a large office setting. After installing SP3 certain
file
types
are
restricted. Some of which we are currenlty using.
You can find the info on this --
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938810/

In this site it states how to allow these files to be
opened/used,
it
lists
two different registry entires for word, excel, powerpoint.. .
But
None
of
the registry entries show on my system(s) -I've checked a few
machines
Yet these files are still restricted.

so my question is where are these restrictions being housed or
how
these
are
being controlled since we don't see evidence of control in the
registry
locations given to us.

 

[stephen Johnson]

yes one machine does, and 2 machines don't

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Polices... always override
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\....

Out of curiosity, the machine I tested on has the Office 2007 compatibility
pack installed. Do you have this installed?

me either, i did do a system reboot, and still getting the error message
i also put the registry edit in both places, not sure if this will make a
difference.

I don't see a problem with the registry keys. I also verified on my
machine
that if I create this registry key, Excel 2003 will open a Lotus (wk1)
file.


[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Excel\Security\FileOpenBlock]
"LotusandQuattroFiles"=dword:00000000


The only "special" thing was restart Excel since I made the registry edit
with the program running.

message here is the other registry setting

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Excel\Security\FileOpenBlock]
"LotusandQuattroFiles"=dword:00000000


:

here is one of the keys that was added
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\11.0]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Excel]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Excel\Security]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Excel\Security\FileOpenBlock]
"LotusandQuattroFiles"=dword:00000000


there are two sections/places that an edit can be made, i will place
the
other shortly.

:

can you export/copy n' paste the section of the registry you
changed
so I
verify it against the kb article? (only if you want me to verify
that
you
can gain access/work with the blocked file types.)

and to answer your question, the new binaries themselves. basically
this
means that microsoft programmed in the a "default" behavior to
disable
by
default. if wrong, then the site/end user can turn the
functionality
back
on by creating the correct registry keys/values.


in
message yes i've added the keys in the registry and the file types are
still
restricted

but i have a question, if the keys were not there then what and
where
were
the restrictions coming from?

:

the registry keys/locations do not exist by default. you have to
create
them if you wish to work with the extension types in word, excel,
and
PowerPoint.

"stephen Johnson" <[email protected]>
wrote
in
message
i'm in a large office setting. After installing SP3 certain
file
types
are
restricted. Some of which we are currenlty using.
You can find the info on this --
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938810/

In this site it states how to allow these files to be
opened/used,
it
lists
two different registry entires for word, excel, powerpoint.. .
But
None
of
the registry entries show on my system(s) -I've checked a few
machines
Yet these files are still restricted.

so my question is where are these restrictions being housed or
how
these
are
being controlled since we don't see evidence of control in the
registry
locations given to us.