Security warning when opening document with URI Schema ms-word

shp 0 Reputation points
2023-03-03T10:41:41.2133333+00:00

Hello,

In a web application, documents are opened using the ms-word protocol. The files are located on a local network drive and opened with a url of the following form:

<a href="ms-word:file://server/path/document.docx">Edit document</a>

This has worked fine for quite some time, but after a recent Office update a prompt is shown with the following message: "Some files contain viruses that can be harmful to your computer. It is important to be certain that this file is from a trustworthy source. Do you want to open this file?"

The address in the security prompt is: "file:///\\server\path\document.docx".

Is there any way to avoid this security prompt?

Adding the folder as a Trusted Location does not have any effect. Adding the network drive to the local intranet in Internet Options does not solve the issue either.

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  1. Emi Zhang-MSFT 21,626 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2023-03-06T06:44:10.74+00:00

    Hi,

    I suggest you try this method to disable the display of security warnings for a specific protocol, follow these steps:

    1. Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK.
    2. Locate the following registry subkey: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\xx.0\Common\Security\Trusted Protocols\All Applications Note In this subkey, replace "xx.0" with 12.0 for Office 2007, 14.0 for Office 2010, 15.0 for Office 2013, and 16.0 for Office 2016 and later.
    3. Click the All Applications subkey.
    4. On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click Key.
    5. Type the name of the protocol that you want to exclude. For example, to disable the display of a security warning for the "Notes:" protocol, type Notes:. Note Make sure that you include the colon (:) character.
    6. Press Enter.
    7. Exit Registry Editor.

    Read this article about "Enable or disable hyperlink warning messages in Office programs" to get more information:

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/troubleshoot/administration/enable-disable-hyperlink-warning

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