From: V@nguard.LH   
      
   "Terry ( BT)"  wrote:   
      
   > Working in one particular folder (C:\Users\terry\Dropbox\3D Printing) is   
   > becoming really tedious.   
   >   
   > Copying or moving any file or subfolder within it to or from anywhere   
   > else generates a pesky message that "files downloaded from the internet   
   > may be harmful...blah blah". Only a couple of clicks but over time a   
   > real PITA.   
   >   
   > I abandoned productive work yesterday morning and so far failed to find   
   > a solution. Despite many hours with ChatGPT, prolific with suggestions i   
   > tried, but whose unbounded confidence and countless 'final perfect'   
   > solutions have failed to fix it. There are some 4,400 files in 3D   
   > Printing, spread over a dozen or so subfolders. A few appear to have   
   > escaped the unwanted (and IMO daft warnings, making isolation of the   
   > root cause elusive.   
   >   
   > Version 22H2 (OS Build 19045.6691)   
      
   The assigned zone for those downloaded files in Internet which makes   
   they untrustworthy.   
      
   Disable zone blocking of Internet-tagged files: a value added in the   
   optional Alternate Data Stream aka metadata of files saved in an NTFS   
   file system.   
      
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS#Alternate_data_stream_(ADS)   
      
   You could use a tool that deletes or lets you edit ADSes of NTFS-saved   
   files, but easier is to disable zone checking on Internet-tagged files   
   altogether.  I use WinAero Tweaker for that:   
      
   https://winaerotweaker.com/   
      
   Search on "download" in WinAero Tweaker.  Under the Behavior category   
   for the "Disable Downloads Blocking" section, you can enable the option   
   "Disable downloaded files from being blocked in File Explorer".  As with   
   most tweaks in WinAero Tweaker, they have links to help pages describing   
   what their settings do.  For this one, they link to:   
      
   https://winaero.com/disable-downloaded-files-from-being-blocked-in-windows-10/   
      
   If you have the Home edition of Windows, there is no policy editor   
   (gpedit.msc).  However, all policies are registry entries, and the   
   article tells you how to edit the registry disable Internet-zone flagged   
   files; however, it's much easier to just click on the option to disable   
   the nanny protection in Windows.   
      
   There used to be registry settings for each of the file zones, but I   
   don't recall where it is in the registry, and what was used previously   
   may no longer be valid registry entries.  I found the related registry   
   entry at:   
      
   HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones   
      
   Underneath are each of the file zone numbers:   
      
   0 = My Computer   
   1 = Local Intranet Zone (Intranet, not Internet)   
   2 = Trusted sites Zone   
   3 = Internet Zone   
   4 = Restricted Sites Zone   
      
   https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/troubleshoot   
   browsers/security-privacy/ie-security-zones-registry-entries   
   https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/unified-service-de   
   k/admin/internet-explorer-settings-bpa?view=dynamics-usd-4.3   
      
   HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings   
   Zones\   
      
   Much easier to use WinAero Tweaker to click a checkbox.   
      
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