Dear Microsoft....stop trying to protect me from myself

[scottweber]

I bought the new Outlook 2003 and just discover I can't
receive .exe files. WHAT THE ????

Microsoft, I bought you upgrade but now you are trying to
protect me from myself. I always send .exe files to and
from work. Now, thanks to some genius in your programming
staff, I can't do this because I can't turn off the
security 'upgrade' that prevents opening .exe files. Stop
trying to 'Help' users by not allowing them to turn off
security features manually. If I want receive .exe files,
I should be able to. Stop telling me I can't.

 

[Rifleman]

I bought the new Outlook 2003 and just discover I can't
receive .exe files. WHAT THE ????

Microsoft, I bought you upgrade but now you are trying to
protect me from myself. I always send .exe files to and
from work. Now, thanks to some genius in your programming
staff, I can't do this because I can't turn off the
security 'upgrade' that prevents opening .exe files. Stop
trying to 'Help' users by not allowing them to turn off
security features manually. If I want receive .exe files,
I should be able to. Stop telling me I can't.

Try this add-on:
http://www.slovaktech.com/attachmentoptions.htm

 

[larry123]

I wholeheartedly agree that MS should stop trying to protect me from me.

Zip up the exe, email the zip file, then detach and unzip it on the
receiving end.

 

[Guest]

I have the same thoughts about this.
but I searched MS.com and found you can hack the reg to
allow the type of email you want to allow. its been a
while so I dont have the link but do a search and you
should find it