Step 1 Type gpedit. Click on Local group policy editor icon on the search result. This will open the Group Policy Editor. Step 2 — Under User configuration , double click on Administrative Templates to expand it. This method is effective in removing the unnecessary security block imposed by the windows on files downloaded from the internet. Saurav is associated with IT industry and computers for more than a decade and is writing on The Geek Page on topics revolving on windows 10 and softwares.
Any fix for that? Additional menu When you download any file form the internet and save it to NTFS drive, the windows operating system adds specific metadata to these downloaded files. Many thanks! Footer Contact us. If you often download files from the internet or receive files as email attachments, you might want to completely stop your PC from blocking your files. To stop Windows 10 from blocking you from opening your files, you need to prevent it from adding Zone Information to the files you download.
You must be signed in as an administrator or you should request administrator rights to be able to stop downloaded files from being blocked. From there, type "Regedit" and click Enter. A User Account Control prompt will pop up.
When this prompt appears, click the Yes button to continue. If the Attachments key is absent within the Policies key, you'll have to create it. To do this, right-click on the Policies key, click New , click Key. This will create a new key, which you should then name "Attachments". If you find that the Attachments key is already present, you can skip to the next step. Name it "SaveZoneInformation" and click Enter.
Finally, to disable the Attachment Manager in Windows 10, double-click on the newly-created SaveZoneInformation value and change its value data to 1. Click OK to finish. When you complete these steps, close the Registry Editor and restart your computer to apply the changes. From here onward, any file you download will no longer attach Zone Information to the file's alternate data stream. This will allow you to open your files without any difficulties. Skip to content Advertisement.
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