Can't download exe

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I'm running Vista Home Premium. When I try to download an exe file, the
download is blocked and I get a message saying it's because of security
concerns. When I click for more info, it tells me I can allow the download
if I go to Microsoft Mail ( a program I don't use) and clear a check box. I
do this but I still can't make the downloads. Does anyone have any idea what
I can do to fix this problem?
 
What program are you using to download the .exe file. Where are you
downloading it from. DETAILS please. Maybe others could check to see if
"they" can download it. If they can't you likely can't either.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)
 
I'm using IE7 to try to download an intelligent updater file
(20071112-017-i32.exe) from from Symantec.com. This is a new problem which
I'm thinking may be related to a new security patch for Microsioft mail that
auto-updated from Microsoft on 10/11. The file completely downloads and is
copying to my desktop when the download is interupted with a Windows Security
Warning: Windows has found this file to be potentially harmful. To help
protect your computer, Windows has denied access to this file.

The details refer to Windows mail and gives instructions about allowing
access to exe attachments by clearing a checkbox in Windows mail security.
I've followed the instructions but the problem persists.
 
Hiya,
I have vista ultimate and it too wont let me donwload .exe files.

I find this incredibly annoying and amusing since the 2x .exe programmes it
has blocked access to are:-

Microsoft office 2007 ultimate trial
Microsoft office Accounting Pro trial

Anychance we can get to know where the settings are that stop the os
blocking downloads of .exe files

The help centre's just state how to get mail to stop doing it and not the os.

I would of thought that vista would block microsoft own programmes tho :)

Thanks,
Jon
 
i meant i would of thought vista, WOULDNT block access to microsoft
programmes :)

Its definately an os thing and i would of thought that it was obvious why
its deliberately blocking .exe files..... just a shame the help doesnt tell
you where to fix this.... i couldnt find it in folder properties... either, i
shall carry on looking
 
Microsofts customer support Sucks Officially!!!
I have just had 3 phone calls with the states (From the UK) which has cost
me over $40

For the last person to tell me that you wont help me because it is a trial
product

I even spoke to a manager who was far from helpfull!! all the differnt
departments wanted to do was blame one another, then ask me to call toshiba
who pre-installed my os, and none of the accounting professional team could
help me install it, cos it was an os issue and passed me onto the customer
service line again, where they wanted me to spent $59.99 on top of the
already $40 i had just spent!!!!!!!

I am a very annoyed customer!!!!

Please can you tell me how to let the MICROSOFT VISTA OPERATING SYSTEM
run downloaded MICROSOFT PROGRAMMES!!!

And who do i need to forward this total lack of customer service onto, so
that they can try and sort it!!

Sorry for ranting.

Jon
 
/ friendly bump

Red said:
Microsofts customer support Sucks Officially!!!
I have just had 3 phone calls with the states (From the UK) which has cost
me over $40

For the last person to tell me that you wont help me because it is a trial
product

I even spoke to a manager who was far from helpfull!! all the differnt
departments wanted to do was blame one another, then ask me to call toshiba
who pre-installed my os, and none of the accounting professional team could
help me install it, cos it was an os issue and passed me onto the customer
service line again, where they wanted me to spent $59.99 on top of the
already $40 i had just spent!!!!!!!

I am a very annoyed customer!!!!

Please can you tell me how to let the MICROSOFT VISTA OPERATING SYSTEM
run downloaded MICROSOFT PROGRAMMES!!!

And who do i need to forward this total lack of customer service onto, so
that they can try and sort it!!

Sorry for ranting.

Jon
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Hiya,
I have vista ultimate and it too wont let me donwload .exe files.

I find this incredibly annoying and amusing since the 2x .exe programmes it
has blocked access to are:-

Microsoft office 2007 ultimate trial
Microsoft office Accounting Pro trial

Anychance we can get to know where the settings are that stop the os
blocking downloads of .exe files

The help centre's just state how to get mail to stop doing it and not the os.

I would of thought that vista would block microsoft own programmes tho :)
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In the first place you need to have a little patience. This are peer
support forums and any responses you receive here are given by folks who
volunteer their time to help out. There's no need to bump your post when it
is less than a day old.

Secondly you're going to have to provide more detail before anyone can help
you. What is the _exact_ error message you're receiving? Exactly what steps
are you taking that lead up to this error message? Simply stating that
Vista "won't let me download .exe files" doesn't provide nearly enough
information for anyone to give you a reasonably helpful response.

--
Paul Adare
MVP - Virtual Machines
http://www.identit.ca
Code: Virus lasting about three to five days, accompanied by sore throat,
runny nose and fever.
 
Hi Paul,
Due to the timezone difference, this was bumped as it was the first thing i
did when i woke up this morning.

I wasnt aware that a microsoft.com forum was administrated by volunteers, I
thought it was staffed.

Thanks for coming back to me, i am sorry but i was still seething over my
support call yesterday, which i would still like to escalate as i feel i
recieved poor service.

I will re download one of the .exe's now and see what the exact error is, it
went something like, xxx blocked access to the potentially harmfull file
xxx.exe

this was downloading the office ultimate trial and the accounting pro trial.

Thanks for your attention on this. i just want to get my business machine
running again
 
Ok, ive just tried to download the Microsoft Accounting Professional trial
again.
The filename is x13-40152.exe

The Error for this file is:-

Windows Security Warning

Windows found that this file is potentially harmful.

To help protect your computer. Windows has blocked access to this file


Name: X13-40152.exe

How does this protect my computer?(hyperlink)

On clicking the hyperlink , windows help and support appears and shows " Why
can't i view an attachment in Windows Mail"

Windows mail blocks certain types of file attachments that are commonly used
to spread e-mail viruses.................. you get the idea



I think this wasnt caught in the testing phase, its a bit annoying that the
help and support shows Mail which is nothing to do with the download and
windows blocking access.

As i previously mentioned, i cannot see anywhere in folder attributes or
windows defender, which where my first thoughts on what might be stopping
this.

Please let us know how to stop this, or ultimately change it so we can run
downloaded .exe if we trust the source they are coming from i.e. Microsoft
websites

Thanks
 
Ok, ive just tried to download the Microsoft Accounting Professional trial
again.
The filename is x13-40152.exe

The Error for this file is:-

Windows Security Warning

Windows found that this file is potentially harmful.

To help protect your computer. Windows has blocked access to this file


Name: X13-40152.exe

How does this protect my computer?(hyperlink)

On clicking the hyperlink , windows help and support appears and shows " Why
can't i view an attachment in Windows Mail"

Windows mail blocks certain types of file attachments that are commonly used
to spread e-mail viruses.................. you get the idea
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<snip>

How exactly are you attempting the download? Are you trying to save the
file to disk or trying to download and run it at the same time? Are you
using IE or another browser? Do you have User Account Control enabled or
disabled? If you're using IE is it in Protected Mode (look at the status
bar at the bottom of the window). What is the URL to the file in question?
 
hi Paul,

I am just trying to save the file to disk.

I am using a one week old Toshiba Qosmio G.45 notebook which came
pre-installed with vista ultimate. It has Internet Explorer version 7.0.6000
..16546

user account control is disabled.

Internet protection mode is off.

The URL is http://www.ideawins.com/OAProDownloads1.aspx

I am pretty certain that vista would block any.exe file as mentioned
previously it also blocked Microsoft office ultimate trial.

I have not made any adjustments to Internet explorer. There seem to be
other posts in other forums showing other people having the same problems.

So I think this is a default option set in vista where it automatically
blocks access to.exe files due to potential virus problems.

Regards,

Jon
 
Red said:
hi Paul,

I am just trying to save the file to disk.

I am using a one week old Toshiba Qosmio G.45 notebook which came
pre-installed with vista ultimate. It has Internet Explorer version
7.0.6000
.16546

user account control is disabled.

Internet protection mode is off.

The URL is http://www.ideawins.com/OAProDownloads1.aspx

I am pretty certain that vista would block any.exe file as mentioned
previously it also blocked Microsoft office ultimate trial.

I have not made any adjustments to Internet explorer. There seem to be
other posts in other forums showing other people having the same problems.

So I think this is a default option set in vista where it automatically
blocks access to.exe files due to potential virus problems.
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Is your machine standalone or a member of a domain? I just tried it 3 ways
using Vista Ultimate. One Standalone, one in test Domain "A" and one in
test Domain "B".

Standalone machine worked fine to download the file and I was able to launch
it. (launching it unpacked files to a temp directory and then started the
install of Microsoft Office Accounting Professional 2007).

Member of test Domain "A" that has very relaxed GPO settings, same as above.

Test Domain "B" where I have very strict GPO settings, including a security
setting to prevent downloading of files with Internet Explorer, doanload was
blocked.
 
Hi Seth,

Its a standalone machine.

Did you reset the machine to defaults? or restore it with just ultimate?

I dont know if joemast2007 is still following this forum, however if your
out there m8, what was your setup :) (hoping your still following this lol)

Thanks Jon
 
Red said:
Hi Seth,

Its a standalone machine.

Did you reset the machine to defaults? or restore it with just ultimate?

I dont know if joemast2007 is still following this forum, however if your
out there m8, what was your setup :) (hoping your still following this
lol)
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My standalone machine was "out of the box" settings.
 
Ok, ive just tried to download the Microsoft Accounting Professional trial
again.
The filename is x13-40152.exe

The Error for this file is:-

WindowsSecurityWarning

Windowsfound that this file is potentially harmful.

To help protect your computer.Windowshasblockedaccessto this file

Name: X13-40152.exe

How does this protect my computer?(hyperlink)

On clicking the hyperlink ,windowshelp and support appears and shows " Why
can't i view an attachment inWindowsMail"

Windowsmail blocks certain types of file attachments that are commonly used
to spread e-mail viruses.................. you get the idea

I think this wasnt caught in the testing phase, its a bit annoying that the
help and support shows Mail which is nothing to do with the download andwindowsblockingaccess.

As i previously mentioned, i cannot see anywhere in folder attributes orwindowsdefender, which where my first thoughts on what might be stopping
this.

Please let us know how to stop this, or ultimately change it so we can run
downloaded .exe if we trust the source they are coming from i.e. Microsoft
websites

Thanks











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Has anyone found a fix to this? I too am running Vista Ultimate on a
new machine. I have tried everything I could think of --- disabling
user control, disabling windows defender entirely, turned internet
explorer protected mode off, checked every place in my firewall
(mcafee), have windows firewall disabled but still get that same
annoying message. I get the exact error message:

Windows Security Warning

(image of red shield with X inside it) Windows has found that this
file is potentially harmful.
To help protect your computer, Windows has blocked access to this
file.

Name: nameoffile.exe

How does this help me protect my computer (link to help file telling
of file attachments in outlook)

Yes, I have checked Windows Outlook but it says only to rename the
files to attach them or upload them to a server such as MSN. However,
this does not address the fact that EXEs are not allowed to be
dowloaded at all.

I have found a workaround for all of us that are frustrated to tears
over this big brother style of "controlling viruses" ie we know what
is good for you, you do not.

There are two workarounds:

Work around #1

When you click on a download link and it is an exe file, choose save
as and rename the exe portion to .ok or some other nonsense and change
save as file type from application to "all files"
When you want to use the file, rename it back to exe.


Work Around #2

Click on the download link choosing "save as". Have the location
folder you are downloading to open and visable.
When the file completes download, you'll get the Security Warning. DO
NOT CLICK OK!
Right click on the file you just downloaded, ignoring the Security
Warning Window and choose "copy"
Then go back to the security warning and click ok. You'll see your
download disappear. But .. right click and choose "paste" in the
download window and Voila! - your download is back.

Good Luck. Please email me if anybody finds a real fix, please.
 
Bit of Bumpage!!

Also just trying to downlaod visualizations from Microsoft media centre site
and again i get the windows has blocked message.

These are .exe's also
 
Hi Red,

My system is a stand-alone machine. I had no problems with downloads until
recently, which leads me to believe that the cause may be one or more of the
Microsoft security updates to Microsoft Mail, since the security message I
get directs me to Micorsoft mail to fix the problem, (which, of course, it
doesn't).

I have resorted to using the work around suggested by psgrafx@gmail. I
download the exe file. When the security warning pop up, I ignore it and
immediately right click on the downloaded file and rename it, changing the
exe extension to something else. Then I click on the security warning which
now ignores the downloaded file and I can now change it back to exe and go on
with my business.
 
/bumpage

Red said:
Hi Seth,

Its a standalone machine.

Did you reset the machine to defaults? or restore it with just ultimate?

I dont know if joemast2007 is still following this forum, however if your
out there m8, what was your setup :) (hoping your still following this lol)

Thanks Jon
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