The "Open documents warning" - Can it be deactivated permanently?

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britechguy
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The "Open documents warning" - Can it be deactivated permanently?

Post by britechguy »

Hello,

My search of the forums only found one topic related to this, and it was directly tied to the Delphi AV and was not at all easy to follow.

I have a set of workshop manuals that are a collection of linked PDFs, so I am constantly getting this form of notification:
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So far I've just been checking the box to remember my choice and clicking, "Yes," but I'd really like to have PDF-XChange Editor simply open the file without prompting me at all.

When I was using PDF-Xchange Viewer, this prompt was never presented.

I cannot seem to find any way to get PDF-XChange viewer to "trust" (for lack of a better term) all the PDFs that are within the folder tree where I kick off the navigation with a file named START-PDF.

Is there a simple way to do this? I have had this set of PDFs for years, and know that all are safe, so I just want to be able to navigate without constantly being asked if I want to continue to the next file.
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Willy Van Nuffel
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Re: The "Open documents warning" - Can it be deactivated permanently?

Post by Willy Van Nuffel »

Maybe you should go via File > Preferences > Security > When document is trying to open a file > ...

add the path to the trusted locations list.

Kind regards.
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Re: The "Open documents warning" - Can it be deactivated permanently?

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Hello, Willy Van Nuffel

I believe that would work in this case, thank you for the suggestion Willy, I hope it helps :D

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Re: The "Open documents warning" - Can it be deactivated permanently?

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Willy Van Nuffel wrote: Wed Jul 16, 2025 8:03 pm Maybe you should go via File > Preferences > Security > When document is trying to open a file > ...

add the path to the trusted locations list.
This worked. Thanks very much.

I couldn't seem to locate this settings cluster for love nor money, and I knew it had to exist!
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:)
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