And there is a very strange relationship causing conflicts between Windows Vista, IE 8 and Microsoft Office 2007 in CD Optical Drive.
Here the computer details:
OS: Window Vista
Web Browser: Internet Explorer 8 (IE8)
Microsoft Office Suite: Microsoft Office 2007
Problem occurs only using CD optical drive.
A new window opened in Internet Explorer 8 displays a blank white page when clicking on the hyperlinks to a jpg file in Excel 2007 Worksheet from CD optical drive.
If I use Window 7, IE 7 or IE9, there isn't any problem opening the hyperlinks to a jpg file in Excel 2007 Worksheet from CD optical drive.
Fortunately, I have discovered a simple solution by adding a DWORD and Value data in the Windows Registry, the problem is solved.
Solution (for Advanced user):
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\9.0\Common\Internet
Adding a new DWORD Name value at that Key = ForceShellExecute
and adding a new DATA VALUE = 1
PS: The following condition must be met...
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE...\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\9.0\Common\Internet must be present for editing.
If HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE...\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\9.0\... is not available in the Registry, you can create new registry KEY folder. To learn how to create new registry KEY, refer the related post here:
Creating New Registry KEY for ForceShellExecute
