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by galahad04

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Is there any way, when clicking on a link to a file on the network, to have IE automatically open the file instead of prompting the user with a dialog box to ask if they want to Open or Save the file?

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by quintar51

what you can do is specify a type of file that IE can open. Right-click on the file and choose 'open with'. You can then go through the list and specify IE and the program to be used. Check off 'always use this program'.

If 'open-with' is not available, you can do the same thing, but through windows explorer. Click on tools, folder options, file types. Browse to the type of file you want IE to open and specify IE as the main program.

here's an example of how to make IE open Exceldocuments automatically.

http://www.cnc.ac.cn/nsf/200201/help/miecfg.htm

remove any spaces from the URL after pasting.

by galahad04

Thanks for your suggestion. Unfortunately, this approach does not appear to work for .chm files.

by galahad04

I was able to figure out how to do this on my own. With .chm files, it turns out you can use the syntax "file///\\Put\Your\UNC\Address\Here".

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