Windows XP Service Pack 2 File Blocking is a major problem!

Now every time I download any open source code off the internet, I have to go
through every single downloaded file of the project individually, open the
properties tab for that file and "unblock" it.

I don't want or need Bill Gates and the folks at Microsoft to hold my hand
and protect me that much, it is a giant pain in the butt and it is preventing
me from getting anything done! This is just one more reason I'm not going to
upgrade my Windows any more and I'm looking at going to Linux!

What can be done to defeat this stupid, worse than useless "feature" that
was added by SP2?

HELP!

Hi,

You have two options:

Option 1)

Don't use Internet Explorer to download the files, but install a 3rd
party Web browser and use it instead (it is IE that adds the NTFS
stream to the file with the information that the file comes from
Internet)


Option 2)

If you must/want to use IE to download the files, use the command line
tool Streams.exe to purge any streams from the files after they are
downloaded.

You can download Streams from here:
http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/Streams.html

I suggest you put Streams.exe in the C:\Windows\System32\ folder to
have it in the path.

Now, when you want to clean out all the streams in files in a folder
inclusive subfolders, do the following:

Open a command prompt (Start/Run --> cmd.exe)

At the command prompt, type

"streams.exe -s -d "

without the quotes (note the trailing space!).

Then open an Explorer window (place the window so it doesn't cover the
command prompt completely) and in Explorer locate the folder you want
to operate on.

Drag the folder from the Explorer window into the command prompt. This
way the folder path will automatically be "typed" on the command line.

Then click on the command prompt window so it gets focus, and press
Enter to launch the Streams command.



Douglas J. De Clue wrote:

> Now every time I download any open source code off the internet, I have to go
> through every single downloaded file of the project individually, open the
> properties tab for that file and "unblock" it.
>
> I don't want or need Bill Gates and the folks at Microsoft to hold my hand
> and protect me that much, it is a giant pain in the butt and it is preventing
> me from getting anything done! This is just one more reason I'm not going to
> upgrade my Windows any more and I'm looking at going to Linux!
>
> What can be done to defeat this stupid, worse than useless "feature" that
> was added by SP2?
>
> HELP!


--
torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting, Porsgrunn Norway
Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scr...r/default.mspx

Thanks...this helps..I couldn't find anything about this online and I'd like
to find a way to just defeat it via changing a registry entry so that I don't
have to even do this much.

I think I will try to write a extension to the explorer (not IE) to allow me
to do this to multiple files from inside of the file explorer rather than
having to do it command line. It's a shame that I even have to do it.

"Torgeir Bakken (MVP)" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> You have two options:
>
> Option 1)
>
> Don't use Internet Explorer to download the files, but install a 3rd
> party Web browser and use it instead (it is IE that adds the NTFS
> stream to the file with the information that the file comes from
> Internet)
>
>
> Option 2)
>
> If you must/want to use IE to download the files, use the command line
> tool Streams.exe to purge any streams from the files after they are
> downloaded.
>
> You can download Streams from here:
> http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/Streams.html
>
> I suggest you put Streams.exe in the C:\Windows\System32\ folder to
> have it in the path.
>
> Now, when you want to clean out all the streams in files in a folder
> inclusive subfolders, do the following:
>
> Open a command prompt (Start/Run --> cmd.exe)
>
> At the command prompt, type
>
> "streams.exe -s -d "
>
> without the quotes (note the trailing space!).
>
> Then open an Explorer window (place the window so it doesn't cover the
> command prompt completely) and in Explorer locate the folder you want
> to operate on.
>
> Drag the folder from the Explorer window into the command prompt. This
> way the folder path will automatically be "typed" on the command line.
>
> Then click on the command prompt window so it gets focus, and press
> Enter to launch the Streams command.
>
>
>
> Douglas J. De Clue wrote:
>
> > Now every time I download any open source code off the internet, I have to go
> > through every single downloaded file of the project individually, open the
> > properties tab for that file and "unblock" it.
> >
> > I don't want or need Bill Gates and the folks at Microsoft to hold my hand
> > and protect me that much, it is a giant pain in the butt and it is preventing
> > me from getting anything done! This is just one more reason I'm not going to
> > upgrade my Windows any more and I'm looking at going to Linux!
> >
> > What can be done to defeat this stupid, worse than useless "feature" that
> > was added by SP2?
> >
> > HELP!
>
>
> --
> torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting, Porsgrunn Norway
> Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
> the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scr...r/default.mspx
>

Any idea why if 'streams' reports there are 'no files with streams found'
windows would still give the 'blocked' warning?

"Douglas J. De Clue" wrote:

> Thanks...this helps..I couldn't find anything about this online and I'd like
> to find a way to just defeat it via changing a registry entry so that I don't
> have to even do this much.
>
> I think I will try to write a extension to the explorer (not IE) to allow me
> to do this to multiple files from inside of the file explorer rather than
> having to do it command line. It's a shame that I even have to do it.
>
> "Torgeir Bakken (MVP)" wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > You have two options:
> >
> > Option 1)
> >
> > Don't use Internet Explorer to download the files, but install a 3rd
> > party Web browser and use it instead (it is IE that adds the NTFS
> > stream to the file with the information that the file comes from
> > Internet)
> >
> >
> > Option 2)
> >
> > If you must/want to use IE to download the files, use the command line
> > tool Streams.exe to purge any streams from the files after they are
> > downloaded.
> >
> > You can download Streams from here:
> > http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/Streams.html
> >
> > I suggest you put Streams.exe in the C:\Windows\System32\ folder to
> > have it in the path.
> >
> > Now, when you want to clean out all the streams in files in a folder
> > inclusive subfolders, do the following:
> >
> > Open a command prompt (Start/Run --> cmd.exe)
> >
> > At the command prompt, type
> >
> > "streams.exe -s -d "
> >
> > without the quotes (note the trailing space!).
> >
> > Then open an Explorer window (place the window so it doesn't cover the
> > command prompt completely) and in Explorer locate the folder you want
> > to operate on.
> >
> > Drag the folder from the Explorer window into the command prompt. This
> > way the folder path will automatically be "typed" on the command line.
> >
> > Then click on the command prompt window so it gets focus, and press
> > Enter to launch the Streams command.
> >
> >
> >
> > Douglas J. De Clue wrote:
> >
> > > Now every time I download any open source code off the internet, I have to go
> > > through every single downloaded file of the project individually, open the
> > > properties tab for that file and "unblock" it.
> > >
> > > I don't want or need Bill Gates and the folks at Microsoft to hold my hand
> > > and protect me that much, it is a giant pain in the butt and it is preventing
> > > me from getting anything done! This is just one more reason I'm not going to
> > > upgrade my Windows any more and I'm looking at going to Linux!
> > >
> > > What can be done to defeat this stupid, worse than useless "feature" that
> > > was added by SP2?
> > >
> > > HELP!
> >
> >
> > --
> > torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting, Porsgrunn Norway
> > Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
> > the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
> > http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scr...r/default.mspx
> >