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

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Right-click on the Start menu button

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Click Run

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Type in regedit

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Click OK

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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

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Make sure the Internet subkey is selected

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Select Edit on the menu bar at the top

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Select New

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Select DWORD Value

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

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Double-click on ForceShellExecute

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Change the Value Data field from 0 to 1

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Click OK

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Exit the Registry Editor

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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

Purpose of Knowledge Article

Resolution