re: Question about 'Force Outlook XP to allow EXE file attachments'
Monday, April 28, 2003 at 9:30 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by 8yun
(7 messages posted)
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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