Hyperlink Security problem

[ranchhand]

I occasionally import several hundred of our clients company names into Excel, which names are hyperlinked to an info page on the internet that lists their contact information. Whenever I do this and click on the link, a security message pops-up and warns me that "Microsoft Office has detected a potential security concern because hyperlinks are a security threat", and asks me if I want to continue or abort; I click "Continue" and it will not forward to the client's info-site anyway. Nothing happens.

How can I turn this nuisance off in Excel? Thanks!

[Paul]

Hi ranchhand,

These links provide information from Microsoft about these warnings:

Office 2003: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/829072

Office 2007: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925757

On both pages there is a note that the messages may still appear under certain circumstances, e.g.

When you open either TIF graphics or Microsoft Document Imaging (MDI) files, you may receive the following warning message, even when you have already implemented the registry key in this article:

Opening path/filename...

Some files can contain viruses or otherwise be harmful to your computer. It is important to be certain that this file is from a trustworthy source.
Would you like to open this file?

This additional warning message comes from HLINK.dll when link navigation is handled. You can differentiate the Microsoft Office hyperlink warning message from the HLINK warning message by looking for quotation marks around the file path in the warning message. The Office message contains quotation marks, the HLINK message does not. The warning message tries to determine if the file type itself is unsafe by checking the extension, progid, classid, and mime type of the document.

Note You may still receive a warning message from Microsoft Windows. If you continue to receive a warning message after you follow the methods that are described in this article, use one of the following methods to resolve this issue.

I hope that helps you out.