"Bill Daggett" <Daggett@wmunny.invalid> wrote in message news:qbmt65d7mvgp3ahon338kpmpvtp55elqhs@4ax.com...[color=blue]
> "Dave-UK" <here@home.com> wrote:
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>>I have found that many files, (especially exe,zip,etc.) downloaded
>>from the internet are ' blocked' by Vista.[/color]
>
> I have yet to find ONE such file.[/color]

Well download the zip file from the link I gave and save it to your Desktop.
It is called alternatestreamview.zip
Right-click the zip file and select 'Properties'.
At the bottom of the General tab you will see a button marked 'Unblock'.
And the text reads:
"This file came from another computer and might be blocked
to help protect this computer".

When you unzip the archive you will have 3 files.
All three will have the 'Unblock' button as above, even the text file.

"Bill Daggett" <Daggett@wmunny.invalid> wrote in message news:qbmt65d7mvgp3ahon338kpmpvtp55elqhs@4ax.com...[color=blue]
> "Dave-UK" <here@home.com> wrote:
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>>I have found that many files, (especially exe,zip,etc.) downloaded
>>from the internet are ' blocked' by Vista.[/color]
>
> I have yet to find ONE such file.[/color]

Apparently it's been around since XP Pro sp2 days:
[url]http://www.petri.co.il/unblock-files-windows-vista.htm[/url]

On Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:47:14 -0500, "DaveD" <dd@dd.dd> wrote:
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>Congratulations. We both learned a new trick!
>I wonder if it was blocked by Defender or the firewall?
>There might be a global setting you could change.[/color]

I think it's a Vista "feature". I find that Winzip is MUCH slower unzipping
files that have not been unblocked. I have UAC turned off.


Tom

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