Purpose of Knowledge Article

Provide a workaround for an issue when Browser Gives an "Update Your browser" Message When Opening A Link To A Google Drive Within A Microsoft File (Excel, Powerpoint & Word) on Windows systems.

Resolution

Right-click on the Start menu button

Click Run

Type in regedit

Click OK

In the Registry Editor, browse to the following location based on the bit version of Office and Windows you have

Note:

Create the keys if they do not exist

	Office 32 Bit	Office 64 Bit
Windows 32 Bit	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\9.0\Common\Internet	N/A
Windows 64 Bit	HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Office\9.0\Common\Internet\	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\9.0\Common\Internet

Make sure the Internet subkey is selected

Select Edit on the menu bar at the top

Select New

Select DWORD Value

You will see a New Value #1 appear, rename it to ForceShellExecute

Double-click on ForceShellExecute

Change the Value Data field from 0 to 1

Click OK

Exit the Registry Editor

Save your work and exit all the software and restart the computer

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Browser Gives An "Update Your browser" Message When Opening A Link To A Google Drive Within A Microsoft File

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