Why no Read Only / Edit prompt when opening document from a hyperlink (link)?

I have a page that I've added hyperlinks to that point to documents in a document library.
If I click on a link to an Excel file, it doesn't give me the Read Only / Edit option. Instead, I get Open/Save/Cancel, and if I open it, I can't save it to the doc library, because it's
opened as Read Only.
On the same page, I have a link to a Word file to the SAME doc library. I still only get Open/Save/Cancel, but I can save - and it can overwrite the existing file on SharePoint. This is not ideal, but works.
What I'd like is to be able to link to a document from anywhere and have it open the Read Only / Edit prompt.
I've read elsewhere that this is a client issue, but I can't find the resolution.

Hi Ben,
Try this:
Quit all Office programs that are running.
Click
Start, click
Run, type regedit in the
Open box, and then click
OK.
Locate and then right-click the following registry subkey:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\<version_number>\Common\Internet
Note In this subkey, <version_number> corresponds to 10-15 for the specific Office version that is installed.
Point to
New, and then click
DWORD Value.
Type OpenDocumentsReadWriteWhileBrowsing, and then press ENTER.
Right-click
OpenDocumentsReadWriteWhileBrowsing, and then click
Modify.
In the
Value data box, type 1, and then click
OK.
On the
File menu, click
Exit to quit Registry Editor.
It will force to open all office files from Internet in Edit mode

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