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Craig McLaughlin - 21 Jan 2008 22:36 GMT

I have recently bought a new machine with windows vista and I have installed
office 2003.

I have a number of excel sheets with links and everytime I open them it
keeps asking to update. I have change the settings for updates to update
without prompt and then saved it but when I open the file again it asks to
update the links.

It is really annoying can anyone shed any light on this.

thanks

craig

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Dave Peterson - 22 Jan 2008 16:45 GMT

Jim Rech posted a registry tweak:
http://groups.google.com/groups?threadm=uzkujhMHEHA.3284%40TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl

> I have recently bought a new machine with windows vista and I have installed
> office 2003.
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Craig McLaughlin - 22 Jan 2008 21:15 GMT

hi thanks for your reply - unfortunately I tried the solution - it didnt
work. Firstly I did not have the directory 9 as mentioned in the post
solution, BUT i did have a 11 and 10 in the same location so I added the
DWORD to both these directories under options but to no avail.

Any other ideas?

thanks

craig

> Jim Rech posted a registry tweak:
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Dave Peterson - 22 Jan 2008 22:14 GMT

It's worked for me and several other posters.

I'd say double check your work and try it again.

11 is for xl2003.

> hi thanks for your reply - unfortunately I tried the solution - it didnt
> work. Firstly I did not have the directory 9 as mentioned in the post
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Craig McLaughlin - 22 Jan 2008 23:54 GMT

thanks. Yeah checked again still no avail. I am beginning to think that it
is a bug when 2003 is installed on Vista Ultimate.

As I said it continually prompts for the update links despite the setting
being set to automatic update without prompting.

What makes matters worse is that I have loads of excel sheets with links and
it is a pain having to click on update links everytime.

Any other ideas?

Cheers

Craig

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Craig McLaughlin - 23 Jan 2008 00:03 GMT

Boy do I feel stupid.

After searching every dialog box and webpage I found a checkbox in options
which seems to override the links settings. Under Edit tab there is an
option to ask to update links.

In my defence I do think that it is a bit daft to have options in links to
ask to update and prompt only to have it over ridden by another checkbox
options elsewhere.

thanks for your time

Craig

> thanks. Yeah checked again still no avail. I am beginning to think that
> it is a bug when 2003 is installed on Vista Ultimate.
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