Al Dunbar
2/6/2009 10:38:00 PM
"Lennart" <Lennart@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6CF454C5-6806-47D5-8FA4-12396A93A573@microsoft.com...
> Ok, tanks. yes it is hosted by IE. Any suggestion on what security to
> change
> to make it run again?
I'd advise against reducing the security settings on your browser for this
purpose. Try renaming the file from whatever.htm to whatever.hta.
/Al
> "mr_unreliable" wrote:
>
>> Lennart wrote:
>> > I'm using a script to start excel and load requested file. We are know
>> > moving to Vista and it don't works any longer. Excel starts but the
>> > file
>> > don't load.
>> >
>>
>> hi Lennart,
>>
>> Could that script possibly be hosted by IE?
>>
>> If so, then you might be running into some sort of
>> a security problem. That is, if you allow an IE
>> script to launch an app, then there is all sorts of
>> mischief that the scripter could do to your system
>> -- even more so with excel, because an excel file
>> can contain a toxic bunch of vba code wrapped up
>> inside.
>>
>> cheers, jw
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