Undesired pop-up

[CLR]

Hi All..........

I've created a Hyperlink in XL2k that will open AutoCAD. It works fine, the
only problem being, that when I click on it, I get a pop-up window warning
of possible viruses, etc etc and must click OK before it will open
AutoCAD.........how might I prevent this undesired pop-up?

TIA
Vaya con Dios,
Chuck, CABGx3

 

[Frank Kabel]

Hi
have a look at
http://snurl.com/2uq3

for a registry entry to achieve this. AFAIK there is no build in option
to suppress this warning

 

[CLR]

Thanks Frank.......

That article says the problem "only happens on XL2k3", but I have it on
XL2k. So, I tried to modify the instructions and where it says choose
Directory 11.0, I chose 9.0 (the version of my XL), and placed the entry but
it did not work..........I still have the undesired pop-up.

Any other ideas?.............anybody?

Would it be possible to start Autocad (ACAD.exe) from a macro instead of
this hyperlink, and maybe use "Sendkeys" somehow?

Vaya con Dios,
Chuck, CABGx3

 

[Frank Kabel]

Hi
you may try setting the sercurity level to 'Low' within Excel and check
if this stops the message.
Note: Beware of the possible dangers of this setting

 

[CLR]

Thanks again Frank,

The Security level via Tools > Macros > Security.......is already set to
low......still have the problem.


Vaya con Dios,
Chuck, CABGx3

 

[Jim Rech]

This is a different kind of warning than the one my Excel 2003 post talked
about. This seems to be at a lower level (at the Windows level) and is
controlled by the file's extention. The "solution" I've found is, I think,
worse than the disease because it would seem to allow all EXE files to run
without warning.

If you're willing to take that risk - this works for me in Excel 2000.

Using Regedit go to:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile

Change the EditFlags entry so that the third byte is 01. For example, after
this change mine reads:

38 07 01 00

Use at your own risk.

--
Jim Rech
Excel MVP

| Thanks again Frank,
|
| The Security level via Tools > Macros > Security.......is already set to
| low......still have the problem.
|
|
| Vaya con Dios,
| Chuck, CABGx3
|
|
|
| | > Hi
| > you may try setting the sercurity level to 'Low' within Excel and check
| > if this stops the message.
| > Note: Beware of the possible dangers of this setting
| >
| > --
| > Regards
| > Frank Kabel
| > Frankfurt, Germany
| >
| >
| > CLR wrote:
| > > Thanks Frank.......
| > >
| > > That article says the problem "only happens on XL2k3", but I have it
| > > on XL2k. So, I tried to modify the instructions and where it says
| > > choose Directory 11.0, I chose 9.0 (the version of my XL), and placed
| > > the entry but it did not work..........I still have the undesired
| > > pop-up.
| > >
| > > Any other ideas?.............anybody?
| > >
| > > Would it be possible to start Autocad (ACAD.exe) from a macro instead
| > > of this hyperlink, and maybe use "Sendkeys" somehow?
| > >
| > > Vaya con Dios,
| > > Chuck, CABGx3
| > >
| > >
| > >
| > >
| > > | > >> Hi
| > >> have a look at
| > >> http://snurl.com/2uq3
| > >>
| > >> for a registry entry to achieve this. AFAIK there is no build in
| > >> option to suppress this warning
| > >>
| > >> --
| > >> Regards
| > >> Frank Kabel
| > >> Frankfurt, Germany
| > >>
| > >>
| > >> CLR wrote:
| > >>> Hi All..........
| > >>>
| > >>> I've created a Hyperlink in XL2k that will open AutoCAD. It works
| > >>> fine, the only problem being, that when I click on it, I get a
| > >>> pop-up window warning of possible viruses, etc etc and must click
| > OK
| > >>> before it will open AutoCAD.........how might I prevent this
| > >>> undesired pop-up?
| > >>>
| > >>> TIA
| > >>> Vaya con Dios,
| > >>> Chuck, CABGx3
| >
|
|

 

[CLR]

Thank you very much kind Sir...........

I appreciate you taking your time to come up with a special solution to my
predicament. Although your solution is exactly what I was looking for, I
think that in honor of your warnings, and my inexperience in such matters,
that I will take another approach. A friend has noted my problem also, and
emailed me a line of code which will call the AutoCAD program by macro
instead of doing the Hyperlink thing. I think you will agree, it's probably
the safer approach, at least for me.

Thanks again for your response,

Vaya con Dios,
Chuck, CABGx3