Email Attachment Confirmation Window

[Guest]

I accidently selected the checkbox to "not ask me again" when I opened
an attachment using my Outlook 2007. Now every time I double click an
attachment, it opens right away. I don't want this to happen.
How can I bring back the confirmation box that asks if you want to
open, save or cancel?

 

[Diane Poremsky]

AFAIK, you have to edit the registry.

In outlook 2007 RTM, the editflags binary value is the key - this example is
for GIF extension. In outlook 2007 SP1, the EditFlags value does not exist
but creating it with 00 00 01 00 data gets rid of the dialog and opens the
message.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\giffile\EditFlags
binary data of
00 00 00 00 = always ask (on my SP1 the checkbox to never ask is grayed out)
00 00 01 00 = always open, no dialog

Word 2007 DOCX extension is
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Word.Document.12

Adobe PDF
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AcroExch.Document

 

[Mary]

There is a way to get this back in Windows XP. Check the "confirm open after
download" option in Windows Explorer, Tools, File Types, Advanced. Might also
be someplace in Vista, but I haven't found it.

 

[Mary]

I found this in OL 2007 online help: "If you have already turned these
warnings off, and you want to turn them back on again, do the following:

1. On the Tools menu, click Trust Center, and then click Automatic
Download.
2. Select the Warn me before downloading content when editing,
forwarding, or replying to e-mail check box."