I'm not sure this will help in your situation but you might try adding the
dword registry entry DisableHyperlinkWarning under
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\E xcel\Security, with a
value of 1.

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Jim Rech
Excel MVP
"JohnW" wrote in message
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|I upgraded from Excel 2000 to Excel 2003. In Excel 2000, I could run .bat
and .exe using objects inserted in Excel that were activated by a macro
command. Now when I run the same program in Excel 2003, a message comes up
asking me if I would like to open the .bat or save it to my computer. I
just want the external program to run without this interuption.
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| There is a question at the bottom of the screen that is checked "Always
ask before opening this type of file", but it won't let me uncheck the box.
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| Is there any way to disable this warning?