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I have a mapped network drive, on which I store some programs, one of which I've put in my startup folder.

Unfortunately, this program "does not have a valid digital signature", which means that every time I reboot, I get a security dialog, asking me whether to run it.

I would prefer not to have to copy this program to the local disk.

How can I disable this prompt?

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Ok, I found the solution.

  • Go to Control Panel -> Internet Options -> Security -> Local Intranet -> Sites -> Advanced
  • Add the mapped drive or UNC path (eg. Z:\ or \\machine)
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  • Do I remember a box to tick for a permenant connection?
    – Guy Thomas
    Commented Nov 13, 2009 at 8:20
  • When mapping the drive, yes.
    – Blorgbeard
    Commented Nov 15, 2009 at 19:52
  • Thank you, this is the solution that allows me to finally use my shared VirtualBox folders to keep all of my portable windows utilities. It works on XP too.
    – Matt
    Commented Jan 5, 2013 at 12:16
  • Something may have changed (April 2014). The dialog won't let me add a drive letter, e.g. X:\ and X: and file://X: all result in "you have entered an invalid wildcard sequence" (screenshot: i.imgur.com/um529J4.png) (Win7 Home Premium x64)
    – matt wilkie
    Commented Apr 11, 2014 at 5:09
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    @matt wilkie To add a whole folder (in this case, the root folder), you should have to specify a wildcard at the target directory. So, it should look like X:\*. At least, this was the case in my experience.
    – Bret
    Commented Mar 1, 2016 at 19:27
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If your Internet Settings are tied down (as mine are), but you have access to the exe, you can try the following in a command prompt:

move oldName.exe > newName
type newName > oldName.exe

That will remove the stuff that causes Windows to care, which, I think, is stored in an alternate data stream.

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  • Thanks, that worked even if I can't change settings in Internet Options
    – rofrol
    Commented Jan 2, 2017 at 22:37
  • But probably there is mistake. This worked for me move oldName.exe newName and type newName > oldName.exe
    – rofrol
    Commented May 15, 2017 at 10:16
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The top answer didn't work for me I had to change a different setting in the same panel.

What I changed was: From Go to Control Panel -> Internet Options -> Security -> Local Intranet -> Sites -> Advanced (Same as above) In the "Local Intranet" settings window I unchecked "automatically detect intranet" and checked "include all network paths" which will work for me in my virtual environment.

Local Intranet settings

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You can use "automatically detect intranet" and then add the UNC path in the format of "file:\sharename" (if letters are mapped to this location, should work for them too)

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  • Duplicate of the accepted answer
    – user477799
    Commented Mar 31, 2017 at 17:57
  • I disagree; all syntax variations in the "accepted answer" failed. This syntax works.
    – Trevor Textor
    Commented Apr 11, 2017 at 15:28
  • Disagree all you like. At the end of the day, the accepted answer got 39 upvotes and a check mark. All you got is a downvote. It means that answer worked and yours did not.
    – user477799
    Commented Apr 12, 2017 at 5:13
  • It's an important metric, however, I have found them to be either false or only containing part of the answer. Most of the time I must scroll down and see if someone addressed the errors in the original answer. What you are referring to is an Argumentum ad populum "... a fallacious argument that concludes that a proposition is true because many or most people believe it: 'If many believe so, it is so.'" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argumentum_ad_populum
    – Trevor Textor
    Commented Apr 13, 2017 at 14:27

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