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

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
> >