Dear all,

thanks for your detailed explanation. but unfortunately, I cannot found the check 
box in my outlook XP's security page which you mentioned. I don't know why my OL 
has this different with yours. if you are using outlook XP version? 






On Monday, April 28, 2003 at 9:03 am, m wrote:
>
>Hello all
>
>I had the problem of opening .exe files in Windows XP sp1 and stumbled upon this 
>thread which offers the solution by giving advice on how to change the settings 
in 
>the registry. Luckily, as I and other  people found out, the path to the registry 
>entry was different on my computer than was shown in the thread. The reason I see 
>it as lucky is 1. I know nothing about the registry and could've easily got myself 
>into a real mess and 2. After refusing to mess with the registry anymore, I decided 
>to look further and see if there were any other solutions. It turns out that all 
>I had to do was to go to OE-TOOLS-OPTIONS-SECURITY-and then uncheck the box about 
>opening  .exe .vbs files etc.  I then restarted outlook and succesfuly opned the 
>.exe file sent to me by my trusted friend. I hope I've posted this message in time 
>to save people from causing damage to their computers by going into a part of the 
>computer that should be left alone for people who, unlike myself, know what they're 
>doing. 

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