Undesired pop-up

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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
 
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
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
 
Thanks again Frank,

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


Vaya con Dios,
Chuck, CABGx3
 
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
| >
|
|
 
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
 
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