Attachment Security

[JR]

I have tried getting around the attachment security settings using the work
around at Slipstick often suggested here. I was able to open an attachment
without having to save the file first. However, I recieved another security
roadblock.

Just one too many roadblocks.

What I am trying to do is to start an app from an Outlook contact.
Specifically, I would like to click on a link in my Outlook contact that
would start a remote desktop seession the contacts data.

For example, if someone's IP is 10.10.10.10, I want to click on a link that
would do the following...

c:\windows\system32\mstsc.exe /v:10.10.10.10.

Any ideas how I can get this done without going the attachment security route?

I have tried using

file://c:\windows\system32\mstsc.exe%20/v:209.98.225.120

This creates a hyperlink. But the hyperlink doesn't work. The hyperlink will
work if I leave off the address info.

Help!!

JR

 

[Roady [MVP]]

Well, the %20 will break it. Try to put the link between < and > to maintain
the spaces.
<file://c:\windows\system32\mstsc.exe /v:10.10.10.10>

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003


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I have tried getting around the attachment security settings using the work
around at Slipstick often suggested here. I was able to open an attachment
without having to save the file first. However, I recieved another security
roadblock.

Just one too many roadblocks.

What I am trying to do is to start an app from an Outlook contact.
Specifically, I would like to click on a link in my Outlook contact that
would start a remote desktop seession the contacts data.

For example, if someone's IP is 10.10.10.10, I want to click on a link that
would do the following...

c:\windows\system32\mstsc.exe /v:10.10.10.10.

Any ideas how I can get this done without going the attachment security
route?

I have tried using

file://c:\windows\system32\mstsc.exe%20/v:209.98.225.120

This creates a hyperlink. But the hyperlink doesn't work. The hyperlink will
work if I leave off the address info.

Help!!

JR

 

[JR]

Robert:

Thanks for your reply. It is much appreciated. That is a trick that I did
not know about. It looks like it works in general. However, I am trying to
take it one step further.

If I use <file://c:\windows\system32\mstsc.exe> I can get the dialog box up
for Remote Desktop. However, when I try to go to the next level, it fails. I
am trying to avoid the dialog box where you have to put in your address and
have it start the RD session automatically. When I put the address in like
so...

<file://c:\windows\system32\mstsc.exe /v:10.10.10.10>

the link fails with the following error message...

Cannot find file 'file://c:\windows\system32\mstsc.exe /v:10.10.10.10'. Make
sure the path or Internet address is correct.

Any ideas about where to go with this one?