How to disable Protected View in Microsoft Office 2010?

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Protected View in Microsoft Office 2010 helps keep your Windows computer protected from potential security damage.

If you want to disable Protected View in Microsoft Office 2010, click on Files.

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Next select Options.

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This will open the document or Word Options.

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In the left side you will see Trust Center. Click on it.

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The Trust Center contains security & privacy settings, which help keep your computer secure & safe. It is advisable to not change them. But should you wish to disable the Protected view or data Execution Prevention mode, you can select your preferences here.

Do note that the Protected view opens potentially dangerous files, without any security prompts, in a restricted mode to help minimize=e harm to your Windows computer. By disabling Protected view you could be exposing your Windows PC to possible security threats.

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  • Dominique

    We recently updated to microsoft 2010 and it appears that we are now unable to open our “protected” spreadsheet. The password are not working. As anyone encountered this problem, if so how did you fix it? Thank you for your help, am desperate :(

  • marfi

    This did not work for me, I’ve added the folders with the problem files in the trusted folders section and it worked then.

  • http://twitter.com/jfjnl jf

    this trust center is a pain in the ass… it gives too many fake alerts and messes up documents. i wish i could delete this silly addon. it only gives more work and it doesnot do any good.