Unsafe location warning for safe folder

You will have to send feedback to Microsoft regarding this, via Help > Feedback in Word and/or by using the Feedback portal at https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback.

Nobody in the forum can change the behavior in Word—only Microsoft can do that.

At a guess, since this is about security, Microsoft will be reluctant to make any changes, though. The customizable security settings within Office primarily protect against macros, and *.cmd files are potentially more harmful.

Hi Charles,

I'm not entirely clear on what your response is supposed to mean. It seems to say "let it go" without actually saying why the problem exists or even acknowledging it's a problem. If Microsoft acknowledge it's a problem and put it on their list to either fix or correct the documentation, I can see why this would not be the highest priority. But as a paying customer experiencing functionality that is very clearly suboptimal, if not an outright defect, I think I'm entitled to answers. I appreciate your involvement is as a volunteer, but absent a solution or practical suggestions, I think I should hear from Microsoft.

Thanks,

Eran

Trusted locations are trusted as to vba content.

Hi Charles,

Thanks for your response. If you read what the official documentation says, that's not correct, or at least incomplete.

"You should use a trusted location to store a file when you don't want that file to be checked by the Trust Center".

In any case, it makes no sense to have two notifications. I pointed out the first one because I'm kind of used to the second one, which has always appeared, while the first one is a more recent addition, but objectively the issue is that there's no logical reason for there to be two warnings about the same thing.

Microsoft's documentation is sometimes mistaken or over-simplified.

It is possible that what is triggering the response is a check that does not work with the Trust Center settings.

Microsoft's error messages likewise can be misleading. Often one can be triggered almost by mistake as a generic response when it does not apply.

This is not the place to get anything in Word changed.

This is a user-to-user support forum. -- You can give feedback TO MICROSOFT designers and decision makers on Microsoft Word or other Microsoft Products (using their feedback mechanisms, not here)

Trusted locations are trusted as to vba content.

Hi EranSegev,

Thanks for visiting Microsoft Community.

The detection pop-up for secure links in Office applications is designed to protect the security of your files. Unfortunately, this pop-up cannot be disabled through settings. You can report your dissatisfaction with this feature to the Word development team via the in-app help and feedback. However, you can try checking the "Update links on open" option in File > Options > Advanced > General. Based on our tests, toggling this option on and off may change the behavior of the pop-up in some cases.

Thank you for your understanding.

Best Regards,

Jonathan Z - MSFT | Microsoft Community Support Specialist