Comments on: Reset Always Ask Before Opening This Type Of File Check Box in Vista IE

By: Josh P

Josh P — Sat, 09 May 2009 22:52:05 +0000

I am having th same issue, I was able to get to the registry entry’s in the example, but I have one question just to be sure. In the directions you say.

“Simply delete any unwanted registry values for the file type or extension that you want to reset or return the filetype to their default download behaviour.”

My question is do I delete the CompressedFolder, or do I click modify? Because it says that if I delete it I may make the computer unstable. I just want to make sure I am doing the correct thing. Thanks for any help anyone can provide.

Thanks

By: bungle

bungle — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 01:21:53 +0000

worked a dream thanks. didnt want to reformat over something as small as this

By: Al3x

Al3x — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:31:56 +0000

I cant find the AttachmentExecute.
I think that i have the same problem that LashKnife has.
PLEASE help me!

By: bobo

bobo — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:38:36 +0000

it does not work for IE or Firefox. only for windows mail or outlook i assume.

By: michalerain

michalerain — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 15:41:36 +0000

It really helped me, thanks!

By: Kitty

Kitty — Thu, 08 May 2008 06:25:58 +0000

I can’t believe I spent 5 hours trying to follow the comments above. Going in the registry was sheer terror. After spending useless hours trying to enable the dialog box again I found an easier way to do it. So try this:

For Window Vista Home Edition with Mozilla Firefox

1.Close all Browsers and open a New Mozilla Firefox Browser
2.Go to tool>options>contents
See File Types and Click on “Manage. . .”
3.Click on “MP3 MP3 Format Sound Open With Windows Media Pla. . .”
4.Click on “Remove Action”
Click again on “Remove Action” if prompted
5.You should not be able to see it on the screen and just hit Close then Ok.

Close all Browsers and open new Browser,
Now try opening an “.mp3 link” as a “MP3 Format Sound”
The Mysterious dialog Box should pop up again prompting you to Open with… Save to Disk or Cancel.

Hope this helps.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 23:27:32 +0000

Thank you so much!!! This worked for me!

By: ArtW

ArtW — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 03:22:40 +0000

It really works!!! — The Registry Edit HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/.

I had the same problem with MP3 files. The first occurence did not have EditFlags. Searched for next “mp3″, found it, changed it but did not help. Seached the next “mp3″, found it with Windows Media 11 (which is what I am using) — changed 01 to 00 and BINGO!!!

Many many thanks!

By: Satish

Satish — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 05:17:27 +0000

no help no registry key found.
I am facning the same problem. Is there any solution
satish

By: Lashknife

Lashknife — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 19:53:03 +0000

I’ll check tomorrow at work, hope it works (at home in registry, i did not have the editflags thingy :s (or i’m looking in the wrong place) but i’ll check tomorrow!

By: matt

matt — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 21:05:02 +0000

Lashknife – i had the same problem. After 4 hours of searching, i found a solution that works!!

Open Registry Editor
In HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/ find the file type that you need to change. Example:
Excel.Sheet.8 for .xls
Excel.Sheet.12 for .xlsx.
For other file types, find the appropriate name.
Highlight EditFlags
Change the third octet to 00 (it will say 01, which means auto open)

By: Lashknife

Lashknife — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 15:09:26 +0000

Sadly enough, I’ve disabled this checkbox while opening an attachment in Outlook 2007 in Vista.
And I don’t simply have this AttachmentExecute key in registry
Did a “Find” but found nothing relevant, both on AttachmentExecute as for the IE key.

Any help?

By: paras

paras — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 11:37:18 +0000

helped a lot, thanks

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