{"id":4367,"date":"2016-11-16T09:04:19","date_gmt":"2016-11-16T09:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/?p=4367"},"modified":"2023-04-13T09:51:51","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T09:51:51","slug":"disable-protected-view-for-office-2010-to-enable-editing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/disable-protected-view-for-office-2010-to-enable-editing\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Ways to Disable Protected View for Office 2010 to Enable Editing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many new usability and security features have come to Microsoft Office 2010 and later versions, which helps protect documents from embedded plugins and viruses, simultaneously keeps users\u2019 computer run smoothly. But it doesn\u2019t mean you cannot disable all the features, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/disable-protected-view-for-office-2010-to-enable-editing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>disable Protected View<\/strong><\/a> to edit Office documents.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/support.office.com\/en-us\/article\/What-is-Protected-View-d6f09ac7-e6b9-4495-8e43-2bbcdbcb6653\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Protected View<\/a> is a read-only mode where most editing functions are disabled. But through the article below, you would learn how to disable it to enable editing for Office 2010\/2013\/2016 documents.<\/p>\n<h2>Two ways to disable Protected View for Office 2010\/2013\/2016<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"#way1\">Way 1: Disable Protected View in Office<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"#way2\">Way 2: Disable Protected View via\u00a0Registry Editor<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"way1\">Way 1: Disable Protected View by changing Protected View settings in Office<\/h2>\n<p>Now we will take <strong>disabling Protected View in Excel 2010<\/strong> as an example. Actually these steps also apply for Excel 2013\/2016. And if you want to disable Protected View in Microsoft Word or PowerPoint 2010-2016, just repeat these steps.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1: Click &#8220;File &gt; Options&#8221;\u00a0in MS Excel 2010.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To get to <strong>Protected View<\/strong> settings, we should open MS Excel 2010 and go to File and Options.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/select-file-options-in-office-2010.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4374\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"321\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4374 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/select-file-options-in-office-2010.png\" alt=\"select file options in Office 2010\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/select-file-options-in-office-2010.png 600w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/select-file-options-in-office-2010-300x161.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 2: Click Trust Center &gt; Trust Center Settings &gt; Protected View.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On the left column, select &#8220;Trust Center&#8221; and click &#8220;Trust Center Settings&#8221; in the right panel.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/choose-to-change-trust-center-settings.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4377\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"358\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4377 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/choose-to-change-trust-center-settings.png\" alt=\"choose to change trust center settings\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/choose-to-change-trust-center-settings.png 600w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/choose-to-change-trust-center-settings-300x179.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 3: Change Protected View settings.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Click <strong>Protected View<\/strong> on the left column and uncheck settings according to the source of excel file, to disable Protected View for documents.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Enable Protected View for files originating from the internet<\/li>\n<li>Enable Protected View for files located in potentially unsafe locations<\/li>\n<li>Enable Protected View for Outlook attachments<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/uncheck-protected-view-settings.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4376\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"268\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4376 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/uncheck-protected-view-settings.png\" alt=\"uncheck protected view settings in Excel 2010\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/uncheck-protected-view-settings.png 600w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/uncheck-protected-view-settings-300x134.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Once you uncheck the settings you want, click OK and you can close windows. Through changing Protected View settings in Office 2010-2016 with above steps, you could edit protected-view documents again, but may also expose your computer to possible security threats.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"way2\">Way 2: Disable Protected View via\u00a0Registry Editor<\/h2>\n<p>If the options in Office do not work for you or you want to be able to automate this setting for multiple computers, you can try this way, setting one or more of these registry values.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1: Go to file location in Registry Editor you want to disable Protected View for.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1.<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/windows-10\/5-ways-to-turn-on-registry-editor-in-windows-10.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Open Registry Editor<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2.<\/strong> Navigate to following location if you want to disable Protected View for Word\/Excel\/PowerPoint.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/navigate-to-office-location-in-registry-editor.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4379\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"388\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4379 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/navigate-to-office-location-in-registry-editor.png\" alt=\"navigate to Office location in registry editor\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/navigate-to-office-location-in-registry-editor.png 600w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/navigate-to-office-location-in-registry-editor-300x194.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>HKCU\\Software\\Microsoft\\Office\\14.0\\Word\\Security\\ProtectedView<\/li>\n<li>HKCU\\Software\\Microsoft\\Office\\14.0\\Excel\\Security\\ProtectedView<\/li>\n<li>HKCU\\Software\\Microsoft\\Office\\14.0\\PowerPoint\\Security\\ProtectedView<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Now we take excel 2010 as example, so we go to the second location.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/navigate-to-excel-protected-view-settings-in-registry.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4380\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"294\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4380 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/navigate-to-excel-protected-view-settings-in-registry.png\" alt=\"navigate to excel 2010 protected view in registry\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/navigate-to-excel-protected-view-settings-in-registry.png 600w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/navigate-to-excel-protected-view-settings-in-registry-300x147.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 2: Set value for three registry values in that location.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Now in the right panel of registry editor, you can see three values.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>DisableAttachementsInPV<\/li>\n<li>DisableInternetFilesInPV<\/li>\n<li>DisableUnsafeLocationsInPV<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>By setting each value to 1, you will disable Protected View for that file location.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/change-value-data-to-disable-protected-view-in-registry.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4381\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"294\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4381 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/change-value-data-to-disable-protected-view-in-registry.png\" alt=\"change value data to disable protected view in registry\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/change-value-data-to-disable-protected-view-in-registry.png 600w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/change-value-data-to-disable-protected-view-in-registry-300x147.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/successfully-disable-protected-view-for-excel-in-registry.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4382\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"294\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4382 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/successfully-disable-protected-view-for-excel-in-registry.png\" alt=\"successfully disable protected view for excel 2010 via registry\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/successfully-disable-protected-view-for-excel-in-registry.png 600w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/successfully-disable-protected-view-for-excel-in-registry-300x147.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Therefore, Just\u00a0setting the value data for Word and PowerPoint file location with the same way, you would also\u00a0successfully disabled Protected View for Microsoft Word and PowerPoint.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/remove-or-disable-read-only-in-excel-file\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to Remove or Disable Read Only in Excel File<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/set-excel-workbook-read-only-to-restrict-changes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How 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