{"id":78,"date":"2010-01-13T23:01:21","date_gmt":"2010-01-14T06:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.techiewhizkid.com\/?p=78"},"modified":"2011-05-13T15:04:34","modified_gmt":"2011-05-13T22:04:34","slug":"how-to-remove-opening-attachments-warning-message-dialog-box-in-outlook-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techiewhizkid.com\/how-to-remove-opening-attachments-warning-message-dialog-box-in-outlook-2007\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Remove Opening Attachments Warning Message Dialog Box in Outlook 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most frequently noticed and a widely discussed issue in tech forums for Outlook 2007\u00a0 is its Attachment Warning Message, and it&#8217;s more troublesome to solve if the user is using Windows Vista. The Annoyance of the user is as follows &#8211;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-80\" title=\"outlook-attachment-warning\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.techiewhizkid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/outlook-attachment-warning.png?resize=382%2C224&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"outlook-attachment-warning\" width=\"382\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.techiewhizkid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/outlook-attachment-warning.png?w=382&amp;ssl=1 382w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.techiewhizkid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/outlook-attachment-warning.png?resize=300%2C175&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 382px) 100vw, 382px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p><div class=\"7a7853692f91f1c3aa9fe870b4069c5d\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- techiewhizkid_link_1 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8372396756447573\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9242151396\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"link\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><strong>&#8220;When double clicking on an attachment I get a message if I would like open or save the file. I would like to open it but I don\u2019t want to answer this question again. There is an option which says \u201cAlways ask before opening this type of file\u201d which I want to turn off but can\u2019t since it is greyed out. I was able to turn this off on Windows XP but I cannot do this on Windows Vista.&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here is The Solution to Remove\u00a0 The\u00a0 Opening Attachments Warning Message which always asks for opening a type of file For Windows<\/strong><strong> 7 and Windows Vista<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Since that option is a system wide change and not limited to the logged on user, you must perform this with Administrator rights. Since everything is loaded as a user in Windows Vista you must explicitly run Outlook as an administrator to change the option.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Warning<\/strong><\/span> &#8211;<strong> Please perform the below steps only if your PC is running an Anti Virus Software which can check and scan email attachments for any viruses or trojans, coz as the warning above in the dialog box says that Do Not Trust Attachments from an unknown source,\u00a0 so please be careful while opening attachments in emails especially from senders whom you don&#8217;t know.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><strong>Steps on How To Remove Opening Attachments Warning Message Dialog Box in Outlook 2007 under Windows 7<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Close Outlook 2007 before you start<\/li>\n<li>Click the Windows \u2018<strong>Start<\/strong>\u2019 Button<\/li>\n<li>Click \u2018<strong>All Programs<\/strong>\u2019<\/li>\n<li>Right Click on \u2018Microsoft Office Outlook 2007\u2019 in the \u201cMicrosoft Office\u2019 folder (as shown below)<\/li>\n<li>Click on the <strong>Properties<\/strong> option<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81\" title=\"outlook2007_properties\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.techiewhizkid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/outlook2007_properties.png?resize=414%2C359&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"outlook2007_properties\" width=\"414\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.techiewhizkid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/outlook2007_properties.png?w=414&amp;ssl=1 414w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.techiewhizkid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/outlook2007_properties.png?resize=300%2C260&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 414px) 100vw, 414px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> After Clicking on <strong>Properties<\/strong> &#8211; Click the \u2018<strong>Compatibility<\/strong>\u2019 Tab (shown below)<\/li>\n<li>Check the <strong>\u2018Run this program as an administrator<\/strong>\u2019 box<\/li>\n<li>Click the \u2018<strong>Apply<\/strong>\u2019 button<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-85\" title=\"outlook2007_compatibility\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.techiewhizkid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/outlook2007_compatibility.png?resize=381%2C537&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"outlook2007_compatibility\" width=\"381\" height=\"537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.techiewhizkid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/outlook2007_compatibility.png?w=381&amp;ssl=1 381w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.techiewhizkid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/outlook2007_compatibility.png?resize=212%2C300&amp;ssl=1 212w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 381px) 100vw, 381px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Restart Outlook 2007<\/li>\n<li>You will get the following \u2018<strong>User Account Control Warning<\/strong>\u2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-86\" title=\"uac warning\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.techiewhizkid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/uac-warning.png?resize=470%2C267&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"uac warning\" width=\"470\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.techiewhizkid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/uac-warning.png?w=470&amp;ssl=1 470w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.techiewhizkid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/uac-warning.png?resize=300%2C170&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Click \u2018Yes\u2019\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0 Don\u2019t worry, you won\u2019t have to do this every time you start Outlook<\/li>\n<li>Open an email with the attachment type (eg: .doc, .docx, .xls, .xlsx, .ppt, .pdf) you want to open in the future without this warning<\/li>\n<li>Click on the attachment<\/li>\n<li>You\u2019ll get the same warning message as before, but, as you can see below, this time the \u2018<strong>Always ask before opening this type of file<\/strong>\u2018 checkbox will <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not<\/span> be grayed out<\/li>\n<li>Uncheck the box and open the attachment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-87\" title=\"uncheck checkbox\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.techiewhizkid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/uncheck-checkbox.png?resize=382%2C224&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"uncheck checkbox\" width=\"382\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.techiewhizkid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/uncheck-checkbox.png?w=382&amp;ssl=1 382w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.techiewhizkid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/uncheck-checkbox.png?resize=300%2C175&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 382px) 100vw, 382px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Open other emails with each of the attachment types that you do not wish to receive this message for in the future (eg: xls, xlsx, doc, docx, pdf, ppt)<\/li>\n<li>Similarly uncheck the \u2018<strong>Always ask before opening this type of file<\/strong>\u2018 check box for each document type and open them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>From then on, you will no longer get the warning message when opening each of these types of attachments from within Outlook 2007 emails.<\/p>\n<p>But, we are not quite finished. If you stopped here, you\u2019d get the User Account Control Warning above every time you started Outlook 2007. To stop this from happening :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Close Office 2007 once again<\/li>\n<li>Redo the first six steps above, but this time<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Uncheck<\/span> the \u2018Run this program as an administrator\u2019 box under the Compatibility Tab in the Office 2007 Properties box.<\/li>\n<li>Click \u2018Apply\u2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>From then on Office will remember your attachment-type warning preferences without giving you the UAC warning every time you start Office 2007.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Steps on How To Remove Opening Attachments Warning Message Dialog Box in Outlook 2007 under Windows Vista<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Close Outlook 2007<\/li>\n<li>Right click on the shortcut you use to launch Outlook 2007<\/li>\n<li>Choose Run as Administrator<\/li>\n<li>Press Continue or provide the logon credentials for an Administrator<\/li>\n<li>Restart Outlook<\/li>\n<li>Open an email with the attachment of the type you want to be able to access without the annoying warning message<\/li>\n<li>Deselect the option \u201cAlways ask before opening this type of file\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Repeat steps 6 &amp; 7 with emails containing each of the various attachment types you wish to be able to access without the warning message<\/li>\n<li>Close Outlook<\/li>\n<li>Restart Outlook as normal (not in administrator mode)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>From then on, you will no longer get the warning message when opening each of these types of attachments from within Outlook 2007 emails.<\/p>\n<p>Hope You Enjoyed This Tutorial, Please share this tutorial using the Social Bookmarking buttons below on leading Social Networks Like Facebook, You Can also get in Touch with Techie Whiz Kid on Twitter at <a title=\"Techie WhizKid on Twitter\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/techiewhizkid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>http:\/\/twitter.com\/techiewhizkid<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Until Then&#8230;Happy Computing.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"kk-star-ratings kksr-auto kksr-align-left kksr-valign-bottom\"\n    data-payload='{&quot;align&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;78&quot;,&quot;slug&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;valign&quot;:&quot;bottom&quot;,&quot;ignore&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;reference&quot;:&quot;auto&quot;,&quot;class&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;count&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;legendonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;readonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;score&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;starsonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;best&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;gap&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;greet&quot;:&quot;Rate this post&quot;,&quot;legend&quot;:&quot;0\\\/5 - (0 votes)&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;How To Remove Opening Attachments Warning Message Dialog Box in Outlook 2007&quot;,&quot;width&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;_legend&quot;:&quot;{score}\\\/{best} - ({count} {votes})&quot;,&quot;font_factor&quot;:&quot;1.25&quot;}'>\n            \n<div class=\"kksr-stars\">\n    \n<div class=\"kksr-stars-inactive\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"1\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; 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