Open File - Security Warning - Windows XP - how do you turn it off?

[dirtydog]

XP Home so the usual gpedit.msc solution will not work.

I'm getting it regularly, not just with EXE files but even right clicking on an mp3 and doing 'open with' Audacity.

Please tell me there's a way of turning the annoying thing off in XP Home, via a registry hack perhaps?

 

[dirtydog]

I made this thread then forgot all about it

Tried any of these reg hacks: http://www.softwaretipsandtricks.com/forum/windows-xp/24759-open-file-security-warning.html ?

Thanks for that, unfortunately it doesn't work - and I did reboot afterwards.

 

[dirtydog]

Have you only just installed SP2 or something?

This dialog has been apart of Windows ever since XP SP2... which was IIRC released in 2004!

I've never noticed it being this intrusive before

 

[dirtydog]

Isn't there a Unblock button within the properties for the app? I get this with Vista and normally have to right-click, properties then hit the Unblock button.

There is an unblock option but it only seems to apply to the file rather than all files of that type.

eg. if I right click on an audio file and 'open with' Audacity, I get the security prompt. I can either untick the box to stop it asking me again (just for that file, not for all files of that type) or I can right click on that audio file, properties and 'unblock' it.

What I cannot apparently do is 'unblock' Audacity itself so that I don't get the security prompt for other audio files.

 

[dirtydog]

http://windowsxp.mvps.org/networkfile.htm ?

Doesn't work either (unless I need to reboot, I'll try that later)