Turn off "Open File - Security Warning"

[COKEDUDEUSF]

Here is another way to take care of this problem.

Registry Option:

HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesAttachments Set SaveZoneInformation to 1.

NOTE:

0 = Not Configured

1 = Enabled

2 = Disabled

You can also set this via Group Policy at the User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Attachment Manager node. Enable the "Do not preserve zone information in file attachments" setting.

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[Acheron]

I use the following to disable any warning messages when executing software in Windows XP SP3 and IE8

;Disable security warnings
HKCU,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Download","CheckExeSignatures",0x0,"no"
HKCU,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Download","RunInvalidSignatures",0x10001,01,00,00,00
HKCU,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\InformationBar","FirstTime",0x10001,00,00,00,00
HKCU,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\3","1601",0x10001,00,00,00,00
HKCU,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\3","2200",0x10001,00,00,00,00
HKCU,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Associations","LowRiskFileTypes",0x0,".zip;.rar;.nfo;.txt;.exe;.bat;.com;.cmd;.reg;.msi;.htm;.html;.gif;.bmp;.jpg;.avi;.mpg;.mpeg;.mov;.mp3;.m3u;.wav;"
HKCU,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Attachments","HideZoneInfoOnProperties",0x10001,01,00,00,00
HKCU,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Attachments","SaveZoneInformation",0x10001,01,00,00,00

Edited June 3, 2010 by Acheron

[COKEDUDEUSF]

I use the following to disable any warning messages when executing software in Windows XP SP3 and IE8

;Disable security warnings
HKCU,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Download","CheckExeSignatures",0x0,"no"
HKCU,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Download","RunInvalidSignatures",0x10001,01,00,00,00
HKCU,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\InformationBar","FirstTime",0x10001,00,00,00,00
HKCU,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\3","1601",0x10001,00,00,00,00
HKCU,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\3","2200",0x10001,00,00,00,00
HKCU,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Associations","LowRiskFileTypes",0x0,".zip;.rar;.nfo;.txt;.exe;.bat;.com;.cmd;.reg;.msi;.htm;.html;.gif;.bmp;.jpg;.avi;.mpg;.mpeg;.mov;.mp3;.m3u;.wav;"
HKCU,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Attachments","HideZoneInfoOnProperties",0x10001,01,00,00,00
HKCU,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Attachments","SaveZoneInformation",0x10001,01,00,00,00

Can you put that in a reg file? That is not the format I used to seeing. I'm used to one of these formats.

reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\1" /v "Flags" /t REG_DWORD /d 219 /f

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerDownload]

[bfc_xxx]

I use the following to disable any warning messages when executing software in Windows XP SP3 and IE8

;Disable security warnings
HKCU,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Download","CheckExeSignatures",0x0,"no"
HKCU,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Download","RunInvalidSignatures",0x10001,01,00,00,00
HKCU,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\InformationBar","FirstTime",0x10001,00,00,00,00
HKCU,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\3","1601",0x10001,00,00,00,00
HKCU,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\3","2200",0x10001,00,00,00,00
HKCU,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Associations","LowRiskFileTypes",0x0,".zip;.rar;.nfo;.txt;.exe;.bat;.com;.cmd;.reg;.msi;.htm;.html;.gif;.bmp;.jpg;.avi;.mpg;.mpeg;.mov;.mp3;.m3u;.wav;"
HKCU,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Attachments","HideZoneInfoOnProperties",0x10001,01,00,00,00
HKCU,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Attachments","SaveZoneInformation",0x10001,01,00,00,00

Can you convert this to a common registry file??? Or how do you import this to registry??

[COKEDUDEUSF]

I use the following to disable any warning messages when executing software in Windows XP SP3 and IE8

;Disable security warnings
HKCU,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Download","CheckExeSignatures",0x0,"no"
HKCU,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Download","RunInvalidSignatures",0x10001,01,00,00,00
HKCU,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\InformationBar","FirstTime",0x10001,00,00,00,00
HKCU,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\3","1601",0x10001,00,00,00,00
HKCU,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\3","2200",0x10001,00,00,00,00
HKCU,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Associations","LowRiskFileTypes",0x0,".zip;.rar;.nfo;.txt;.exe;.bat;.com;.cmd;.reg;.msi;.htm;.html;.gif;.bmp;.jpg;.avi;.mpg;.mpeg;.mov;.mp3;.m3u;.wav;"
HKCU,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Attachments","HideZoneInfoOnProperties",0x10001,01,00,00,00
HKCU,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Attachments","SaveZoneInformation",0x10001,01,00,00,00

Can you convert this to a common registry file??? Or how do you import this to registry??

Open up notepad. Copy and paste the code below into notepad. Then save the as whatever.reg and change the save as type to All Files.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Download]
"CheckExeSignatures"="no"
"RunInvalidSignatures"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Attachments]
"SaveZoneInformation"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Associations]
"LowRiskFileTypes"=".zip;.rar;.nfo;.txt;.exe;.bat;.com;.cmd;.reg;.msi;.htm;.html;.gif;.bmp;.jpg;.avi;.mpg;.mpeg;.mov;.mp3;.m3u;.wav;"

Thanks for Kelsenellenelvian

Edited June 9, 2010 by COKEDUDEUSF

[bfc_xxx]

This didnt work me:

Open up notepad. Copy and paste the code below into notepad. Then save the as whatever.reg and change the save as type to All Files.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerDownload]
"CheckExeSignatures"="no"
"RunInvalidSignatures"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesAttachments]
"SaveZoneInformation"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesAssociations]
"LowRiskFileTypes"=".zip;.rar;.nfo;.txt;.exe;.bat;.com;.cmd;.reg;.msi;.htm;.html;.gif;.bmp;.jpg;.avi;.mpg;.mpeg;.mov
;.mp3;.m3u;.wav;"

Thanks for Kelsenellenelvian

But this worked just fine:

OK so to completely remove that annoying window on XP SP3 with IE7, this should do the trick:

@echo off
:: disable security warnings
reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\0" /v "1806" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\1" /v "1806" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\2" /v "1806" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\3" /v "1806" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\4" /v "1806" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\3" /v "CurrentLevel" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

[GrofLuigi]

reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\4" /v "1806" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

You wouldn't want that line here, read the description:

This zone contains Web sites that could potentially damage your computer or data.

I'd change that to

reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\4" /v "1806" /t REG_DWORD /d 3 /f

(the default) or delete the line.

GL

[bfc_xxx]

reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\4" /v "1806" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

You wouldn't want that line here, read the description:

This zone contains Web sites that could potentially damage your computer or data.

I'd change that to

reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\4" /v "1806" /t REG_DWORD /d 3 /f

(the default) or delete the line.

GL

Thank you. I fixed that now.

[cluberti]

You don't necessarily want to do that for any zone other than the required zone(s), and I'm guessing that's 1 (Local Intranet) and 2 (Trusted Sites). There's discussion about which zone is which, and what almost all of those values mean, in KB182569.