Controlling whether Office apps launch embedded in browser

[crldaq]

Is there a way to control whether an Office app (Word, Excel etc) launches within IE or in its own window? Typically when you click on a link that is a document it displays within IE; we want to be able to launch the application in a new window with the document loaded.

 

[smitee]

crldaq

To configure Internet Explorer for local intranet

Office Documents Open in Internet Explorer

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q162/0/59.asp

for a FREE third part application

http://www.whirlywiryweb.com/q//launchinie.asp

excerpt "spiel" from their website
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A web page can't readily start an application on the client's computer: quite a few webmasters run into this problem.

This article presents the free LaunchinIE ActiveX Control that will enable HTML pages to start whatever application on the client's machine, without security warnings.
To ensure security, LaunchinIE needs to be carefully configured client-side; due to this restriction it's only fit for intranet use.

At last, web pages can start Word, Excel, or any other corporate application without complaints. Securely.
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GL smitee