Changing settings in MS Access after first open

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eHealth has us in a policy that should prevent the following. If anyone gets this error please let me know so we can fix the underlying problem instead of repeated manual fixes.


A yellow bar at the top of the screen that says

Security Warning Some active content has been disabled. Click for more details.
old error   
A potential security concern has been identified
This location may be unsafe
<a file path>
Hyperlinks can be hearmful to your computer and data. To protect your computer, click only on those hyperlinks from trusted sources.
Do you want to continue?
Yes button / No button

Steps to prevent this from coming up

  • click on file (top left corner), options
  • click on trust center (bottom of left panel)
  • click Trust center Settings button (bottom right)
  • click Trusted locations
  • make sure checkbox for Allow trusted locations on my network is checked (in the bottom of window)
  • make sure the following lines exist:
    • "\\ad.wrha.mb.ca\wrha\REGION\Shared\ICU_DATA_COLLECTION\", and subfolders box is checked.
    • "C:\" and subfolders box is checked.
    • if using (e.g. White Board) , "\\ad.wrha.mb.ca\wrha\HSC\shared\MED\MED_CCMED\" , and subfolders box is checked S:\MED\MED_CCMED
    • add new location if needed:
  • click on Add New Location
  • copy/paste the location from above
  • make sure you check off checkbox "subfolders of this location are also trusted"

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