WD97: "A Program Is Trying to Access..." Warning Appears When You Click Outlook Folders in Direct Mail Manager (264886)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Word 97 for Windows
  • Microsoft Direct Mail Manager for Windows
  • Microsoft Outlook 98
This article was previously published under Q264886

SYMPTOMS

In Direct Mail Manager, when you click Outlook Folders in the Locate List dialog box, you receive the following warning:
A program is trying to access e-mail addresses you have stored in Outlook. Do you want to allow this?

If this is unexpected, it may be a virus and you should choose "No".
When you click OK, your Outlook folders are displayed.

CAUSE

This behavior occurs if you have installed the Outlook E-mail Security Update. The Outlook E-mail Security Update provides additional levels of protection against malicious e-mail messages. The update changes the way that Outlook handles attachments and the way that Outlook can be controlled programmatically.

For additional information about this update, please see one of the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base, depending on which version of Outlook you have:

262631 OL2000: Information About the Outlook E-mail Security Update

262617 OL98: Information About the Outlook E-mail Security Update

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:9/6/2002
Keywords:kbmerge kbprb KB264886
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