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Outlook automatically blocking exe attac

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by dj61

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How do you prevent outlook from automatically blocking .exe attachments. The error is: Outlook has blocked the following unsafe attachments: *.exe. There is no Attachment Security button on the security tab of the options window.

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by calves

The only way to prevent Outlook from blocking certain types of files is not installing the Security patch provided by Microsoft. I read in the forum that by uninstalling and re-installing Outlook you remove the installed patch as well.
You can also, rename the ext of the file b4 emailing it (e.g. setup.ex1)

Good luck!

by dj61

I have found that this has been a case of the user not contacting the MIS department prior to installing any updates. After performing a test on the patch on a unused workstation I found that his setup was identical to the test setup. I hyave already tried to uninstall outlook and reinstall outlook as a potential fix. That was ineffective. Thanks for the assistance. I at least know why, if not how to fix it.

by kamdman

I agree with the previous response as well, You must reinstall Outlook. Since I had to do the same. That was another MS quick fix. They should be fixing their fix soon again from what I hear.

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