Microsoft KB Archive/162059

= How to configure Internet Explorer to open Office documents in the appropriate Office program instead of in Internet Explorer =

Article ID: 162059

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

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 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0
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 * Microsoft Excel 2000 Standard Edition
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 * Microsoft Word 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Project 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Project 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q162059



IMPORTANT: This article contains information about modifying the registry. Before you modify the registry, make sure to back it up and make sure that you understand how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For information about how to back up, restore, and edit the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry



SYMPTOMS
When you click an HTML link to a Microsoft Office file (such as a Microsoft Word or Excel document), Internet Explorer may open the file in Internet Explorer, instead of opening the file in the appropriate Office program.



CAUSE
This behavior may occur if Internet Explorer is configured to host documents for Office programs that are installed on the computer. By default, Internet Explorer is configured to host documents for Office programs.



RESOLUTION
To configure Internet Explorer to open Office files in the appropriate Office program instead of in Internet Explorer, use one of the following methods.

Note These methods configure Internet Explorer to open Office files in the appropriate Office program for all users."

Method 1: Use the Folder Options tool
Note If you are running Windows NT 4.0, you may not be able to use the following procedure to configure Internet Explorer to open Office files in the appropriate Office program. If you are running Windows NT 4.0, use Method 2.

Note If you are running Terminal Server on Windows 2000 or Windows Server 2003, you may not be able to click Advanced to open the Edit File Type dialog box in step 4 of this procedure. This issue occurs if the NoFileAssociate policy is enabled. Enabling this policy prevents users (including administrators) from changing file type associations for all users. For additional information about this behavior, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

257592 Changes in file types and file association features in Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003

To configure Internet Explorer to open Office files in the appropriate Office program by using the Folder Options tool:
 * 1) Open My Computer.
 * 2) On the Tools menu (or the View menu), click Folder Options (or click Options).
 * 3) Click the File Types tab.
 * 4) In the Registered file types list, click the specific Office document type (for example, Microsoft Excel Worksheet), and then click Advanced (or click Edit).
 * 5) In the Edit File Type dialog box, click to clear the Browse in same window check box (or click to clear the Open Web documents in place check box).
 * 6) Click OK.

Method 2: Edit the Windows Registry
WARNING: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.

To configure Internet Explorer to open Office files in the appropriate Office program by editing the Windows registry, set the BrowserFlags DWORD value to 8 (or 9 for Microsoft Excel worksheets) for the appropriate document type. To do this, follow these steps:  Start Registry Editor (Regedt32.exe). Locate and then click the following registry key:

 

  Locate the subkey for the specific Office document type. The following table lists the subkeys for several common Office document types. Document Type                               Subkey

Microsoft Excel 7.0 worksheet               Excel.Sheet.5 Microsoft Excel 97 worksheet                Excel.Sheet.8 Microsoft Excel 2000 worksheet              Excel.Sheet.8 Microsoft Word 7.0 document                 Word.Document.6 Microsoft Word 97 document                  Word.Document.8 Microsoft Word 2000 document                Word.Document.8 Microsoft Project 98 project                MSProject.Project.8 Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 document          PowerPoint.Show.8 To locate the subkey for a document type that is not included in this table, find the subkey for the extension that is associated with the document type. The (default) value for that subkey contains the name of the subkey for that document type. For example, the .xls extension is associated with Excel worksheets. Under the .xls subkey, the (default) value contains the string "Excel.Sheet.5." Therefore, the subkey for the Microsoft Excel Worksheet document type is the following subkey:

 

 After you identify the subkey for the specific Office document type, add the following value for all subkeys except Excel.Sheet.5:

Value name: BrowserFlags

Data type: REG_DWORD

Value: 8

For Excel.Sheet.5, add the following value:

Value name: BrowserFlags

Data type: REG_DWORD

Value: 9

 Click OK, and then quit Registry Editor.</li></ol>

Additional query words: ie301 Doc Obj Hosting in-place activation 4.00 5.0 5.00 5.50 separate window Office Documents Open in Internet Explorer

Keywords: kbprb KB162059

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