Disable Excel files from opening inside Internet Explorer windows

I hate trying to explain what is happening when they open links to Excel files from within Internet Explorer. It's a stupid, stupid behaviour for Excel and Word. For Adobe PDFs, maybe it's OK. It bothers me, and I can only imagine that it really bothers less computer literate people. This also applies to Word .doc's.

Anyway, to disable this behaviour:

Open Windows Explorer (that's the file browser, not the web browser!). Menu Bar -> Tools -> Folder Options -> File Types -> .xls -> Advanced -> Uncheck the 'Browse in same window'.

Source:

http://tek-tips.com/faqs.cfm?fid=4250

Update: Here are some instructions from Microsoft on how to prevent the embedded MS Office features via the registry.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;162059

tags: disable, prevent, integrated, framed, ie, word, excel

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ID: 713
Author:
leonard
Date Updated:
2009-04-11 16:53:08
Date Created:
2005-11-17 17:04:49

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