I have unchecked the "Always Ask" checkbox for the "Open File - Security Warning" prompt, but it continues to prompt when I run a certain program. How do I stop it?

This happens when you save a program that you have downloaded from the internet to a secure location on your computer, such as the program files folder.

To solve this problem:

  1. Move the program that is prompting to your desktop
  2. Launch the file from there, and uncheck the checkbox
  3. Close the program, and move it back to its orginal location

You can also fix this problem without running the program by using the command prompt:

  1. Click start
  2. Type: command prompt
  3. Right-click command prompt, and click run as administrator
  4. Browse to the folder where the application .exe is stored
  5. Issue the following commands, where filename is the file's name: 
    move filename.exe filename.bak
type filename.bak > filename.exe
del filename.bak