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Enable/Disable Drag and Drop in Excel 2003 via Registry
I am trying to find out if there is a way to use a registry setting to
enable/disable the Allow Drag and Drop feature in Excel 2003. So far the only way I have found to do it is actually by going into Excel - Tools - Options. Any help would be appreciated. |
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Enable/Disable Drag and Drop in Excel 2003 via Registry
If you're creating an Excel application or add-in the way to do it is
through the object model: Application.CellDragAndDrop = False This is a user level setting however so if you change it for the duration of your app you should change it back when it's done. -- Jim "BSchmeltz" wrote in message ... |I am trying to find out if there is a way to use a registry setting to | enable/disable the Allow Drag and Drop feature in Excel 2003. So far the | only way I have found to do it is actually by going into Excel - Tools - | Options. Any help would be appreciated. |
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HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\E xcel\Options
Rightside window Option3 Enabled value is 64 (decimal base) Disabled value is 80 (decimal base) Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 11:52:01 -0700, BSchmeltz wrote: I am trying to find out if there is a way to use a registry setting to enable/disable the Allow Drag and Drop feature in Excel 2003. So far the only way I have found to do it is actually by going into Excel - Tools - Options. Any help would be appreciated. |
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I do not have an "Option 3" entry in the location you provided. I attempted to add it in as a DWORD value but that didn't appear to change anything. Not sure what I am doing wrong. Any ideas? "Gord Dibben" wrote: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\E xcel\Options Rightside window Option3 Enabled value is 64 (decimal base) Disabled value is 80 (decimal base) Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 11:52:01 -0700, BSchmeltz wrote: I am trying to find out if there is a way to use a registry setting to enable/disable the Allow Drag and Drop feature in Excel 2003. So far the only way I have found to do it is actually by going into Excel - Tools - Options. Any help would be appreciated. |
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There is no space before the "3".
Humor me. Why are you doing this through the registry? -- Jim "BSchmeltz" wrote in message ... | | I do not have an "Option 3" entry in the location you provided. I attempted | to add it in as a DWORD value but that didn't appear to change anything. Not | sure what I am doing wrong. Any ideas? | | "Gord Dibben" wrote: | | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\E xcel\Options | | Rightside window Option3 | | Enabled value is 64 (decimal base) | | Disabled value is 80 (decimal base) | | | Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP | | | On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 11:52:01 -0700, BSchmeltz | wrote: | | I am trying to find out if there is a way to use a registry setting to | enable/disable the Allow Drag and Drop feature in Excel 2003. So far the | only way I have found to do it is actually by going into Excel - Tools - | Options. Any help would be appreciated. | | |
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I was typing it "Option3" in the registry I must not have been paying
attention when I replied. The reason I am trying to do this is we currently have an entire department of about 50 users that use a spreadsheet created by another group that contains different macros. One of them is disabling both the cut function and the Drag and Drop function. I have figured out a way to enable to cut again and have created a batch file so that users can run that, I am hoping to add to that batch file the registry changes to enable the drag and drop. This is all being done as a temporary work around until the group gets there spreadsheet configured correctly but I am not anticipating a quick response from them. If there are other ways to do this in a batch file that doesn't involve the registry I would be more than willing to try them. Thanks Brian Schmeltz "Jim Rech" wrote: There is no space before the "3". Humor me. Why are you doing this through the registry? -- Jim "BSchmeltz" wrote in message ... | | I do not have an "Option 3" entry in the location you provided. I attempted | to add it in as a DWORD value but that didn't appear to change anything. Not | sure what I am doing wrong. Any ideas? | | "Gord Dibben" wrote: | | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\E xcel\Options | | Rightside window Option3 | | Enabled value is 64 (decimal base) | | Disabled value is 80 (decimal base) | | | Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP | | | On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 11:52:01 -0700, BSchmeltz | wrote: | | I am trying to find out if there is a way to use a registry setting to | enable/disable the Allow Drag and Drop feature in Excel 2003. So far the | only way I have found to do it is actually by going into Excel - Tools - | Options. Any help would be appreciated. | | |
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I don't know about a batch file but when I put this in a VBS file and run it
it resets D&D: Dim wsh Set wsh = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") wsh.RegWrite "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Excel\Options \Options3", 64, "REG_DWORD" Btw, it's Options3 (with an "s") which probably explains why it didn't work for you. -- Jim "BSchmeltz" wrote in message ... |I was typing it "Option3" in the registry I must not have been paying | attention when I replied. | | The reason I am trying to do this is we currently have an entire department | of about 50 users that use a spreadsheet created by another group that | contains different macros. One of them is disabling both the cut function | and the Drag and Drop function. I have figured out a way to enable to cut | again and have created a batch file so that users can run that, I am hoping | to add to that batch file the registry changes to enable the drag and drop. | This is all being done as a temporary work around until the group gets there | spreadsheet configured correctly but I am not anticipating a quick response | from them. | | If there are other ways to do this in a batch file that doesn't involve the | registry I would be more than willing to try them. | | Thanks | | Brian Schmeltz | | "Jim Rech" wrote: | | There is no space before the "3". | | Humor me. Why are you doing this through the registry? | | -- | Jim | "BSchmeltz" wrote in message | ... | | | | I do not have an "Option 3" entry in the location you provided. I | attempted | | to add it in as a DWORD value but that didn't appear to change anything. | Not | | sure what I am doing wrong. Any ideas? | | | | "Gord Dibben" wrote: | | | | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\E xcel\Options | | | | Rightside window Option3 | | | | Enabled value is 64 (decimal base) | | | | Disabled value is 80 (decimal base) | | | | | | Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP | | | | | | On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 11:52:01 -0700, BSchmeltz | | wrote: | | | | I am trying to find out if there is a way to use a registry setting to | | enable/disable the Allow Drag and Drop feature in Excel 2003. So far | the | | only way I have found to do it is actually by going into Excel - | Tools - | | Options. Any help would be appreciated. | | | | | | | |
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Just curious: Wouldn't this be overruled by the other workbook?
- Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP Tutorials and Custom Solutions Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com _______ "Jim Rech" wrote in message ... I don't know about a batch file but when I put this in a VBS file and run it it resets D&D: Dim wsh Set wsh = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") wsh.RegWrite "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Excel\Options \Options3", 64, "REG_DWORD" Btw, it's Options3 (with an "s") which probably explains why it didn't work for you. -- Jim "BSchmeltz" wrote in message ... |I was typing it "Option3" in the registry I must not have been paying | attention when I replied. | | The reason I am trying to do this is we currently have an entire department | of about 50 users that use a spreadsheet created by another group that | contains different macros. One of them is disabling both the cut function | and the Drag and Drop function. I have figured out a way to enable to cut | again and have created a batch file so that users can run that, I am hoping | to add to that batch file the registry changes to enable the drag and drop. | This is all being done as a temporary work around until the group gets there | spreadsheet configured correctly but I am not anticipating a quick response | from them. | | If there are other ways to do this in a batch file that doesn't involve the | registry I would be more than willing to try them. | | Thanks | | Brian Schmeltz | | "Jim Rech" wrote: | | There is no space before the "3". | | Humor me. Why are you doing this through the registry? | | -- | Jim | "BSchmeltz" wrote in message | ... | | | | I do not have an "Option 3" entry in the location you provided. I | attempted | | to add it in as a DWORD value but that didn't appear to change anything. | Not | | sure what I am doing wrong. Any ideas? | | | | "Gord Dibben" wrote: | | | | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\E xcel\Options | | | | Rightside window Option3 | | | | Enabled value is 64 (decimal base) | | | | Disabled value is 80 (decimal base) | | | | | | Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP | | | | | | On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 11:52:01 -0700, BSchmeltz | | wrote: | | | | I am trying to find out if there is a way to use a registry setting to | | enable/disable the Allow Drag and Drop feature in Excel 2003. So far | the | | only way I have found to do it is actually by going into Excel - | Tools - | | Options. Any help would be appreciated. | | | | | | | |
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Thanks Jim
My typo in the first place. Gord On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 09:38:31 -0400, "Jim Rech" wrote: Btw, it's Options3 (with an "s") which probably explains why it didn't work for you. |
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Wouldn't this be overruled by the other workbook?
It would. I assume he wants to run this batch file/script after Excel is closed. -- Jim "Jon Peltier" wrote in message ... | Just curious: Wouldn't this be overruled by the other workbook? | | - Jon | ------- | Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP | Tutorials and Custom Solutions | Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com | _______ | | | "Jim Rech" wrote in message | ... | I don't know about a batch file but when I put this in a VBS file and run | it | it resets D&D: | | Dim wsh | Set wsh = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") | wsh.RegWrite "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Excel\Options \Options3", | 64, "REG_DWORD" | | Btw, it's Options3 (with an "s") which probably explains why it didn't | work | for you. | | -- | Jim | "BSchmeltz" wrote in message | ... | |I was typing it "Option3" in the registry I must not have been paying | | attention when I replied. | | | | The reason I am trying to do this is we currently have an entire | department | | of about 50 users that use a spreadsheet created by another group that | | contains different macros. One of them is disabling both the cut | function | | and the Drag and Drop function. I have figured out a way to enable to | cut | | again and have created a batch file so that users can run that, I am | hoping | | to add to that batch file the registry changes to enable the drag and | drop. | | This is all being done as a temporary work around until the group gets | there | | spreadsheet configured correctly but I am not anticipating a quick | response | | from them. | | | | If there are other ways to do this in a batch file that doesn't involve | the | | registry I would be more than willing to try them. | | | | Thanks | | | | Brian Schmeltz | | | | "Jim Rech" wrote: | | | | There is no space before the "3". | | | | Humor me. Why are you doing this through the registry? | | | | -- | | Jim | | "BSchmeltz" wrote in message | | ... | | | | | | I do not have an "Option 3" entry in the location you provided. I | | attempted | | | to add it in as a DWORD value but that didn't appear to change | anything. | | Not | | | sure what I am doing wrong. Any ideas? | | | | | | "Gord Dibben" wrote: | | | | | | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\E xcel\Options | | | | | | Rightside window Option3 | | | | | | Enabled value is 64 (decimal base) | | | | | | Disabled value is 80 (decimal base) | | | | | | | | | Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP | | | | | | | | | On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 11:52:01 -0700, BSchmeltz | | | wrote: | | | | | | I am trying to find out if there is a way to use a registry | setting | to | | | enable/disable the Allow Drag and Drop feature in Excel 2003. So | far | | the | | | only way I have found to do it is actually by going into Excel - | | Tools - | | | Options. Any help would be appreciated. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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