Annoying hyperlink warnings in Vista

[Daniel P.]

I'm looking for a surefire way to get rid of those annoying hyperlinks in
Powerpoint 2007, using Windows Vista. I hyperlinked local .wav files but they
keep warning me of possible threats. I've tried all the solutions I could
read (which all apply for XP users, mostly), from tweaking Regedit to
changing security settings in IE 7, nothing seems to work on Vista. The only
thing that worked was with XP, and it was in the helpful "File types" tab in
the "Folder options", where we could modify actions involving all the
different extensions (i.e. the confirming prompt for hyperlinked files),
which has been mysteriously deleted in Vista. (And its supposed counterpart,
"Default programs" is not doing that at all.)

Please help !

 

[Daniel P.]

First of all, it's quite an honor for me to be answered by such an expert,
who has founded one of the most complete Web reference for Powerpoint. ;o)

To answer your question, I intend to use the PPT file on my own laptop only.
Unfortunately, I have already tried to add a Trusted Folder to the Powerpoint
list (which is of course the same folder where my all slideshow files are),
but it doesn't work either... seems Powerpoint's trust is hard to gain. ;o)
In fact, even Microsoft's KB solutions are useless for me... though they are
selling Vista too, don't they ? ;o)

Thanks a lot for your help, I hope to have more of those helpful advices.

 

[Daniel P.]

I've tried to fix that with the Microsoft way, but no dice. No "regediting"
worked as planned. The only thing that worked fine involved an option no
longer available with Vista, which was a checkbox in a tab in the "Folder
options" window that gave a prompt each time a particular file type was
opened, and I switched it off, simple as that.

 

[Daniel P.]

No dice: two of the three solutions given by Microsoft doesn't work in XP or
in Vista. The only thing that did work, and only with XP, was an option
located in a tab in the "Folder options menu" ("Explorer/Tools") in which I
could uncheck an option which prompted each time a particular file type was
opened. That tab doesn't exist in Vista. So nothing works with Vista, but I
managed to correct it in XP. Go figure...

 

[Daniel P.]

Yes, it's very peculiar, but that particular solution you show on your
website is only working in XP or earlier OS. It's the only way, at least for
me, to kill the darn prompt in Office 2007. The hyperlinks start the .wav
files without a message, with Winamp in background. It's very disappointing
for an already disappointed Vista user... ;o) It's even more frustrating to
find out the so-called "Trusted folders" aren't to be trusted at all. Why
bother to program that ?

But let me walk you through this solution, if you have XP. In Explorer, go
to Tools/Folder options. Click the File types tab, and choose any type you
like (i.e. Wave). Click on "Advanced" at the bottom. There is an option
called (let me translate it very freely, since my OS is in French) "confirm
opening after download" to uncheck. Vista has nothing like that, sadly, and I
did check everywhere.

I guess the only way out, the easiest way out for me (although I'd hate to
admit it), is to borrow a XP-based laptop for my presentation. ;o)

Still, I'd like to thank you again for your time and concern. It's very
appreciated. ;o)

 

[Andreas Paulsson]

I have encountered the same problem, and found the same problem. All the
changes does not work for the combination Office 2007 and Vista, as Vista
removed the configuration described (only available in XP) and the registry
changes does work.

What choices do I have? Install XP again? I must use the hyperlinks in the
powerpoints...