This is the path for bit Windows and bit Office:. Outlook bit on Windows 10 bit:. To always ask before opening, either delete the EditFlags value or change the value to 00 00 00 To identify other file types, look at the extension's key in the registry - most if not all will include a more descriptive name.
For example, this is the key for the. If you don't want to edit the registry, you can use this Registry file. Edit Flags registry keys bit Outlook on bit Windows. Download the file and double click to add the keys to the registry. Note that some browsers will save it with the. You'll need to change the extension to. She also created video training CDs and online training classes for Microsoft Outlook.
I've tried a search with F3. Hi Diane. Any more thoughts on why this problem keeps recurring? MP4 attachments have reverted to Outlook not giving me the option to open them with a straight double-click, but rather throws at me that stupid, greyed out 'Always ask before opening I had already 'fixed' this a few times in the past, by editing the Registry as recommended.
The problem is back. I have by now done the most thorough search of the Registry for any mp4, or. The only thing that has knowingly changed in my computer Windows 10 setup is that, a few days ago, I installed another video viewing software called HPC-MC x64 which 'took possession' by itself as the default for opening video files. I don't want this. However, it does not open with a double-click. Can you suggest anything? This is driving me mad!
I think Microsoft is trying to send us all on a crazy goose chase. The issue keeps recurring, after a variable period of time being fixed. But the real problem is that each time it reappears, the fix i. I have already gone through all the possible locations. On a methodical basis of changing 'one variable at a time', for e. Word documents. So, after this sort of trial and error, the change on one of these keys works, so I leave it there.
Then, when the problem recurs days? As I do not reboot the PC often, it is difficult to ascertain the interval between 'treatments' , the EditFlags value is on the original key, but it is no longer doing what it was meant to do, i. Total mystery to me! Does it make any sense to you, Diane? Anybody else? There is definitely something going on - and I hope you are exporting the keys and merging them into 1 reg file so you can quickly restore the entries.
I know the run as admin trick does not work on new versions Thanks, Gavin. It is kind of you to send me a reply, but I had already tried this one as well - see the list 16 March of all the keys where I had already created an EditFlags binary value 00 00 01 This thread is locked.
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