Opening Word Directly in IE

Have you ever wanted to do the opposite of everyone else and have a Microsoft Word document open directly inside Internet Explorer (in the Word ActiveX control), without the Open, Save, Cancel dialog box? If you have then this might be the trick for you. Make a registry file by copying the below into a text file and saving it with the .reg extension: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\AttachmentExecute{0002DF01-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}] “Word.Document.12”=hex(0): “Word.Document.8”=hex(0): Now run that reg file to add the changes to the registry, and hey-presto, no more annoying popup prompts. This works on IE8 on Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2. Your mileage may vary on other operating systems.

1 February 2019 · 1 min · Sam Bartle

SKY Remote Tips

Return to live TV: Press Sky when in any of the Sky Guide menus to return to live TV. Return to a viewed recording: After watching a recording in the Planner and switching back to live TV, you can return to the point you left the recording by pressing the play button three times. View and restore deleted recordings: If you’ve deleted a programme from your Planner by mistake, there’s no need to worry. Enter your Planner, then press the left arrow button to navigate to the Deleted tab. Press the down arrow button to select a recording, then press the green button to restore the recording to your Planner. ...

1 February 2019 · 4 min · Sam Bartle