From: nospam@needed.invalid   
      
   On Tue, 1/13/2026 8:53 AM, 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)   
   >   
   > Terry, UK   
   >   
      
   OK, there is a thing called the Attachment Manager.   
      
      "Information about the Attachment Manager in Microsoft Windows"   
      
      https://mskb.pkisolutions.com/kb/883260   
      
   One problem with the article, is this one.   
      
      HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\   
   olicies\Associations   
         DefaultFileTypeRisk  DWORD High     (decimal 6150)   
                                    Moderate (decimal 6151)   
                                    Low      (decimal 6152)   
      
      HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\   
   olicies\Attachments   
         SaveZoneInformation  DWORD 1  <=== default value 1 could be "True", not   
   sure.   
      
   On Windows 11 Home, my registry lists  (decimal 1808 Hex 0x710)   
   On Windows 10 Pro, both Associations and Attachments are missing.   
      
   And if you conflated 1808 as 0x1808 that would be decimal 6152.   
   This means the KB article may have suffered a numeric base conflation   
   when it was written. This is the problem with using random numbers   
   for shit like this. Even the staff can't keep the random numbers straight.   
      
   The Attachment Manager has two ways to pop up annoying dialogs.   
   It can use the Zone setting on a download, as a bias.   
   If the Zone setting is turned off, it can use file extension lists as   
   a bias. It can develop a hatred of .zip and .7z .   
      
   *******   
      
   Right now, I have the following funny situation.   
      
   1) One sample download has the Zone set via AlternateStream and   
      this produces our favorite yellow dialog. This means the Zone thing is   
   working.   
      
   2) I experimentally made a couple archives, one a .7z, one a .zip,   
      using a set of the files that individually none of the files trigger   
   anything.   
      
      When the .7z and .zip are on my F: drive (created today just for the   
   purpose),   
      there is no yellow dialog.   
      
      If I copy the files back to the "sensitive" D: drive , then the file   
   extensions   
      are treated as dangerous ones and the yellow dialog appears. There is   
   nothing   
      in the documentation suggesting D: and F: have to be different. I could   
   find one   
      thread claiming that "removable media has a lower reputation", so for   
   example,   
      reading a .zip off a USB stick would be considered bad. A disk drive which   
   is fixed   
      media (or a USB drive with RMB=0), their .zip or .7z would "not be as   
   dirty".   
      
      For my sample partitions D: and F: , there is no difference. Yet, files are   
      treated differently.   
      
   I went to the zoo once. I didn't like it because there were animals there.   
   So it is with Windows. I mean really, what the fuck ?   
      
   I'm not sure I can turn this off. For one, I cannot trust the 6152 value   
   in the KB article. And Windows 10 has no "default" value in the Registry,   
   so I cannot even use that for sanity-purposes. I'm sure if I carry out   
   a search of the surrounding (Win10) systems, I will find the rebels.   
      
      Paul   
      
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