"How would you like to open this file?" dialog when opening a document

On our sharepointsite.net site when we went to open a document from a document library a dialog opened asking

You are about to open
Name: xxxxxx
From: xxxxxxx

How would you like to open this file?
Read Only
Edit

i have just setup our own sharepoint server and when you open a document to goes straight to read only mode rather than asking how to open it

how do i get our site to ask this before opening the document?

Regards, Stephen.

[467 byte] By [sdolier] at [2007-12-30]
# 1

This is actually a client setting, not a server setting so it would have to be done on each machine that access SPS

GaryA.Bushey at 2007-9-5 > top of Msdn Tech,SharePoint Products and Technologies,SharePoint - Setup, Upgrade, Administration and Operation...
# 2

If this is a client setting, how do you enable it? I have enabled it for my user account, but have no idea how! It would be nice to know how so that I can have my other users enable the option.

Thanks

MikeArmstrong at 2007-9-5 > top of Msdn Tech,SharePoint Products and Technologies,SharePoint - Setup, Upgrade, Administration and Operation...
# 3
What is the client setting? How do you enable it?
messimo at 2007-9-5 > top of Msdn Tech,SharePoint Products and Technologies,SharePoint - Setup, Upgrade, Administration and Operation...
# 4
I would also like to know.
Anonomya at 2007-9-5 > top of Msdn Tech,SharePoint Products and Technologies,SharePoint - Setup, Upgrade, Administration and Operation...
# 5
you need to open Windows Explorer, and under the Tools menu select Folder Options and then go to the File Types tab. Find the extension for the file type you want to modify, click the "Advanced" button and then unselect the "Browse in the same window" button to have the file open in its native application
GaryA.BusheyMVP at 2007-9-5 > top of Msdn Tech,SharePoint Products and Technologies,SharePoint - Setup, Upgrade, Administration and Operation...

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