Open Office documents as read/write while browsing

This policy setting controls whether users can edit and save 2007 Office documents on Web servers that they have opened using Internet Explorer.

If enable this policy setting, when users browse to an Office 2007 document on a Web server using Internet Explorer the appropriate application opens the file in read/write mode.

If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, when users browse to an Office 2007 document on a Web server using Internet Explorer, the appropriate application opens the file in read-only mode.

Supported on: At least Windows Vista

Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\Internet
Value NameOpenDocumentsReadWriteWhileBrowsing
Value TypeREG_DWORD
Enabled Value1
Disabled Value0

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