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I would like to disable the "Open File Security Warning" that says "Do you want to run this file?" whenever I double click on an .exe I download. I have Windows 7 Home Premium, so I don't have the group policies editor. I have tried setting a registry value: HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Associations, value DefaultFileTypeRisk to 6152, but this did no good. This is the only entry under Associations, incidentally, and it was empty before I added this.
Is there a way to disable this message on my system (other than unblocking each .exe file)?
Note that adding a "." to that list should make it so files without an extension don't prompt either. (though they will only prompt if you had tweaked a default opening program first) – jiggunjer – 2015-03-17T16:39:49.667
Is there a way to disable it for all files, no exceptions? I have been clicking on that box for decades, and I have never once clicked no. I do not want to see that popup again, ever. Not even for files I downloaded long ago. Fed up I am. – Jive Dadson – 2017-11-18T20:30:17.383
I tried doing as instructed. The two keys did not exist, so I created them. What type of value should LowRiskFileTypes have, BTW? Maybe I copied something wrong, but after I did it and rebooted, the system slowed to crawl. I did a system-restore and all was well again, except of course I still get the blasted popups. How frustrating. – Jive Dadson – 2017-11-19T00:32:53.550