Alfresco: Edit in Microsoft Office problem not working

Currently I am using Alfresco Community 6.2. When I am trying to Edit a document by using "Edit in Microsoft Office" link. It is opening Microsoft Office, but due to some problems appear such as

  • Sometimes, it is showing Starting
  • Sometimes, it is showing Starting and with blank document.

Root Cause

  • WebDav config "BasicAuthLevel" not enable on client machine.

Solution

  • Add BasicAuthLevel Config
  • Locate registry subkeys

For Office 2010:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common\Internet

For Office 2013:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Common\Internet

For Office 365

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\Internet
  • right client select New menu, and then click DWORD Value. Type BasicAuthLevel press Enter.
  • Double-click BasicAuthLevel and set value.
    • 2 - If your Alfresco Install with https
    • 1 - If your Alfresco Install without https
  • Exit Registry Editor, and then restart the computer.

Note: BasicAuthLevel possible value are
0 - Basic authentication disabled
1 - Basic authentication enabled for SSL connections only
2 - Basic authentication enabled for SSL and for non-SSL connections

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