Internet Explorer: Disable "Do you want to open or save this file?" download prompt. Recently I was asked to disable the “Do you want to open this file?” or “Do you want to open or save this file?” prompt in Internet Explorer for all Info.
Path Template files (. Let me tell you it wasn’t easy to workout the solution, even though the actual solution is pretty easy. Background Information. At work our intranet is hosted on in Share. Point 2. 01. 0 environment.
On the intranet our dev guys have developed a number of interactive Info. Path forms that users can use to complete a number of requests such as log an IT Service Desk job, etc. The problem is every time they click the link to access the form, the default behaviour of Internet Explorer is to download the file and then prompt if you want to open it or save it. This is really annoying for clients and pretty much we would like to provide them with a seamless experience when using the intranet service.
· Solved: Some details about the issue. I'm trying to connect to my client's network using VPN Client version 5.0.07.0290. The user authetication is done by providing.
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Prompt Variations. Depending on the version of Internet Explorer, this prompt can have slight variations such as: Internet Explorer 8“Do you want to open this file?”Internet Explorer 9“Do you want to open or save this file?”Internet Explorer 1. Do you want to open or save this file?”No matter what the prompt looks like or is saying… it is still annoying if you constantly using an intranet based form? So if possible…. lets disable it.
Isn’t this a security risk? I realise the reason why Microsoft cause this prompt to appear in Internet Explorer is because it prevents malicious applications, programs, etc from automatically downloading and running on a machine without any user intervention. So therefore, the logical question is… won’t disabling this become significant security risk which outweighs users clicking the Open button? Well, the good news is we are not actually disabling the prompt from appearing for all downloaded files, we are only going to be disabling the prompt for a certain file type – in my case Info. Path Templates (.
You could argue that this could be introducing a security loophole in which potentially malicious Info. Path files from the internet could be downloaded and executed on a user’s machine without their prior consent. The way I see it, yes this is the case but honestly there isn’t that many Info.
Path forms on the internet to begin with (I haven’t ever come across any), nor do they usually carry malicious code. In addition, we have a anti- virus and anti- malware solution actively running and scanning all client computers, so these two points mitigate the risk enough in my opinion for this risk not to be an issue at all.
Not only that, the change and its associated risk has been documented and approved via our CAB process. In your case, you will need to evaluate risk vs reward and determine what is an acceptable level of risk for your environment.
This post merely explains how to technically solve the problem and doesn’t necessarily take into consideration the risk associated with that change. In saying that however, the Internet Explorer 8 (Do you want to open this file?) prompt actually allows users to essentially disable the prompt for that particular file type by un- ticking the “Always ask before opening this type of file” check- box at the bottom of the prompt. IE 9 and 1. 0 have now removed this option and hence strengthened security in a way, even though it is still possible to get around it as per the solution below. How to disable the “do you want to open or save this file?” prompt. The following solution is for Info. Path Template files.
If you want to use another file type you will need to tweak this solution: Launch Registry Editor (Start > > Run > > regedit. Expand HKEY_CURRENT_USERNavigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ Shell.
If it doesn’t exist, create the Attachment. Execute key. Create the {0. DF0. 1- 0. 00. 0- 0. C0. 00- 0. 00. 00. Create a new Binary Value with the Name Info.
Path. Solution. 3. Re- launch IE and test – should be now working ok. What version of Info. Path are you running?
You might not thing this is important, but actually it is. Depending on the version of Info. Path (or Office) you are running slightly can change step 6 above: Office 2. Info. Path 2. 01. If you are using Office 2.
You should be using Info. Path. Solution. 3 as the value name. Office 2. 01. 3 or Info. Path 2. 01. 3If you are using Office 2.
You should be using Info. Path. Solution. 4 as the value name. Note the change from 3 to 4. If you do not do this, you will continue to get prompted.
How to deploy this solution to all users? If you need to deploy this to a number of users then the best bet (and is the way I have done it) is to deploy it using Group Policy Preferences. Not only does this give you a really easy way to deploy HKCU keys but it also allows you to control what users you want to deploy it via either security filtering on the GPO or via Item- Level Targeting on the Group Policy Preference itself. How to disable the prompt for other file types. If you want to use this solution for another file types other than Info. Path Templates, then I think the easiest way to find the correct registry value you need to create is by simply opening the required file type in Internet Explorer 8 and then un- ticking the “Always ask before opening this type of file” check- box at the bottom of the prompt. Once you have done this, launch Registry Editor and navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ Shell \ Attachment.
Execute \ {0. 00. DF0. 1- 0. 00. 0- 0. C0. 00- 0. 00. 00. Have a look at what IE has set the registry value name to…. All you need to do now is deploy to your users via Group Policy or whatever other mechanism and there you have it. Update 0. 7. 0. 6. Based on a comment from a fellow reader below (jputnam) there is another way to find the correct registry value for a specific application.
You can do this by doing the following: Launch Registry Editor (Start > > Run > > regedit. Expand HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTFind the extension of the file you want to automatically open (e.
The data in within the Default registry value is what you require. Follow all other steps as per normal. Thanks to jputnam for the details, very elegant solution!! Update 1. 7. 0. 8. Benjamin has posted the following alternate solution to find the correct registry value for your application: Launch Command Prompt (Start > > Run > > cmd. Type assoc. xxxx (where xxxx is the extension of the application you want to disable prompts for)Example: If you want to disable XML files then you would type assoc.
The output you will receive is something like . Thanks to Benjamin for providing us with another solution.
Re- enable “Do you want to open or save this file?” prompt. If you want to re- enable this prompt because of a users un- ticking the “Always ask before opening this type of file” check- box, then do the following: Launch Registry Editor (Start > > Run > > regedit. Expand HKEY_CURRENT_USERNavigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ Shell \ Attachment. Execute \ {0. 00. DF0. 1- 0. 00. 0- 0. C0. 00- 0. 00. 00.
Delete any registry values that exist. Re- launch IE and test – you should now get prompted to open or save for all file types. And that is it guys. We have covered how to disable the “Do you want to open or save this file” prompt as well as re- enabling it for IE8 users if they have un- ticked the “Always ask before opening this type of file” check- box. If you have any questions or concerns, let me know in the comments below or shoot me an email.
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