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> Browsers also use them to flag files downloaded from the internet. Is that where that annoying shit comes from? Good to know. When firefox kills off DownTh

> Browsers also use them to flag files downloaded from the internet. Is that where that annoying shit comes from? Good to know. When firefox kills off DownThemAll I will then use a FAT partition to store downloaded files (and see if I can force the temporary files to go there too).

icebraining 10y ago
Unless it has changed in newer Windows versions, you can simply disable that warning in the Internet Settings, no need to keep files in an outdated filesystem.
anonymfus 10y ago
>use a FAT partition to store downloaded files Do you never download anything bigger than or equal to 4 GiB?
- J_Darnley 10y ago
  Not from a browser and, AFAIK, only a browser idiotically marks files as coming from the internet.
mfenniak 10y ago
I laugh these days when OSX warns me, "This application was downloaded from the internet." when I first access an app. Every application on my machine was downloaded from the internet. Even the OS, after the first upgrade. That's not what is dangerous.
ChoGGi 10y ago
stick this in a reg file REGEDIT4 ;https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/889815 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment] "SEE_MASK_NOZONECHECKS"="1" ;https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc783259 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Download] "CheckExeSignatures"="no" "RunInvalidSignatures"=dword:00000001 ;https://support.microsoft.com/kb/883260 [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;" "DefaultFileTypeRisk"=dword:00001808 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Attachments] "SaveZoneInformation"=dword:00000001

icebraining 10y ago

Unless it has changed in newer Windows versions, you can simply disable that warning in the Internet Settings, no need to keep files in an outdated filesystem.

anonymfus 10y ago

>use a FAT partition to store downloaded files Do you never download anything bigger than or equal to 4 GiB?

J_Darnley 10y ago
Not from a browser and, AFAIK, only a browser idiotically marks files as coming from the internet.

mfenniak 10y ago

I laugh these days when OSX warns me, "This application was downloaded from the internet." when I first access an app. Every application on my machine was downloaded from the internet. Even the OS, after the first upgrade. That's not what is dangerous.

ChoGGi 10y ago

stick this in a reg file REGEDIT4 ;https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/889815 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment] "SEE_MASK_NOZONECHECKS"="1" ;https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc783259 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Download] "CheckExeSignatures"="no" "RunInvalidSignatures"=dword:00000001 ;https://support.microsoft.com/kb/883260 [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;" "DefaultFileTypeRisk"=dword:00001808 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Attachments] "SaveZoneInformation"=dword:00000001