How to Enable or Disable Hyperlink warning Messages in Office Programs in 2023

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In Microsoft Office applications, when you click a hyperlink or an object that links to an executable file, you receive the following warning message:
Opening "path/filename".
Hyperlinks can be harmful to your computer and data. To protect your computer, click only those hyperlinks from trusted sources. Do you want to continue?

Additionally, when you open either TIFF images or Microsoft Document Imaging (MDI) files, you receive the following warning message:
Opening path/filename.
Some files can contain viruses or otherwise be harmful to your computer. It is important to be certain that this file is from a trustworthy source. Would you like to open this file?

You receive this warning message even when you have already implemented the registry key that this article describes. This warning message comes from the HLINK.dll file when link navigation is handled. You can differentiate the Microsoft Office hyperlink warning message from the HLINK warning message by looking for quotation marks around the file path in the warning message. The Microsoft Office message contains quotation marks. The HLINK message does not contain quotation marks. Microsoft Office tries to determine whether the file type itself is unsafe by checking the extension, the progid, the classid, and the MIME type of the document.

Resolution Steps:
How to globally enable or disable hyperlink warnings
How to enable or disable hyperlink warnings per protocol

After you disable warning messages, you may still receive a warning message from Microsoft Windows. If you continue to receive a warning message after you follow the steps below:

Method 1: Turn off the "Confirm open after download" option for the file type that you are trying to open

Method 2: Modify the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\EditFlags registry subkey

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