Group Policy for "Browse in same window" Option

[Guest]

Is there a way to set the "browse in same window" option in Windows Explorer
(Tools -> Folder Options -> File Types -> Advanced) through Group Policy?
When opening a link to an Office document (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.) we
would prefer the document open in its native app instead of in Internet
Explorer. When this option is disabled the doc will open in its native app,
but I can't find a way to control this option with Group Policy.

According to KB article # 162059 you can config MS Office docs to open in
their native apps through a registry hack, but the registry hack doesn't seem
to work on Windows XP. Has anyone else been able to use this registry hack
in XP?

If there is another way to rollout this setting to all of my users, please
let me know.

Your assistance is greatly appreciated.

 

[Steven L Umbach]

I have never tried that myself but what may help is to use a registry
snapshot program to see what keys change when you change those values. I use
regshot which is free.

Steve