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Disabling Hyperlink Warning Message in PowerPoint 2007
Hello,
I am running PowerPoint 2007 and I want to include a hyperlink to a local Flash swf file. I know that I can embed Flash movies in PowerPoint and I have done this many times. But, for this presentation, I need to use a button in my PowerPoint slide that will open the Flash movie in a new swf player window. This works fine, except that I can't get rid of the warning that pops up before the movie window opens. The Microsoft Office warning box says:
"Some files can contain viruses or otherwise be harmful.....etc.. Would you like to open this file?"
I have seen the Microsoft Support solution for disabling this warning box (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925757)
And I have tried the suggestions indicated in this Knowledge Base report. But, I am still getting the warning message.
I believe there was an earlier similiar question posted on Experts-Exchange, but it also offered only the same suggestions as indicated in the Microsoft Knowledge Base report.
Any other ideas on how I can disable this message from appearing whenever I use a hyperlink button in a PowerPoint slide to open a swf file?
Thanks,
Stephen
I am running PowerPoint 2007 and I want to include a hyperlink to a local Flash swf file. I know that I can embed Flash movies in PowerPoint and I have done this many times. But, for this presentation, I need to use a button in my PowerPoint slide that will open the Flash movie in a new swf player window. This works fine, except that I can't get rid of the warning that pops up before the movie window opens. The Microsoft Office warning box says:
"Some files can contain viruses or otherwise be harmful.....etc.. Would you like to open this file?"
I have seen the Microsoft Support solution for disabling this warning box (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925757)
And I have tried the suggestions indicated in this Knowledge Base report. But, I am still getting the warning message.
I believe there was an earlier similiar question posted on Experts-Exchange, but it also offered only the same suggestions as indicated in the Microsoft Knowledge Base report.
Any other ideas on how I can disable this message from appearing whenever I use a hyperlink button in a PowerPoint slide to open a swf file?
Thanks,
Stephen
ASKER
Hello Dire,
Thank you for your suggestion. It makes sense, but I haven't been able to apply it to my situation. I use a small swf player called "Swiff Player." (http://www.globfx.com/products/swfplayer/). I haven't been able to find any EditFlags entry to it in the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT directory in the registry.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Stephen
Thank you for your suggestion. It makes sense, but I haven't been able to apply it to my situation. I use a small swf player called "Swiff Player." (http://www.globfx.com/products/swfplayer/). I haven't been able to find any EditFlags entry to it in the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT directory in the registry.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Stephen
Move your SWF file to a trusted location:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint/HA100319991033.aspx
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint/HA100319991033.aspx
ASKER
Hi Glenna Shaw...
Thank you also for the suggestion. I did try this option earlier....and I just tried it again by creating a different "Trusted Location" (in case made a mistake the earlier time). But no luck. I still get the same Microsoft Office warning box.
Thank you also for the suggestion. I did try this option earlier....and I just tried it again by creating a different "Trusted Location" (in case made a mistake the earlier time). But no luck. I still get the same Microsoft Office warning box.
I'd go back to the http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925757 article and try it step by step again.
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Thanks Dire!!!
That did it. It works perfectly.
That did it. It works perfectly.
If you use Winamp to play .swf files you can add the EditFlags entry to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Winamp.F
Depending on the software your using to play them look for an entry in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT with the swf as per above or just use winamp. Add the EditFlags with value 10000 and you shouldn't be prompted anymore.