https://forum.emule-...dpost&p=1103655
Hi, (eMule 0.50a)
Until recently (believe it or not) I was using Windows 2000 (yeah, 2000) happily along with eMule.
For hardware reasons I had to switch to new hardware and because I didn't want to switch to a newer Windows for basic usage, I went for XP (rarely used and less with eMule). Note: I know what I use, why I use and how I use, so, please, save your speech about older systems, security and any other unnecessary noise to the conversation.
The thing is that I don't know how had XP marked the downloads folder of eMule but every time I try to open any (or almost) single inoffensive file, I get the damn known dialog asking, "do you really want to open this file, it can be dangerous" (more or less, I don't know the exact words and my system is not on english).
After disk inspection, XP attaches Alternate Data Streams (ADS) to every file downloaded with eMule with the Zone security ID 3. But only in the eMule downloads folder!!! Ha!!! And no matter if I delete ADS for every file, for whatever reason XP marks the folder as download folder (despite I really have a downloads folder for browsing and it doesn't do it there) and... you know what? new files have new Alternate Data Streams attached.
Is there any way to tell eMule, if it is an eMule issue, or XP, or other Windows systems (if newer do the same), to stop going wild and marking files with security zones to later tell me what is dangerous or what is not?
Changing the Control panel > Internet Settings > zones, is not the way, I simply want XP (or eMule, if it is eMule) to stop attaching ADS to the downloaded files.
Thanks for the help, even most of you won't be using XP any more but if you are aware of a fix.
This post has been edited by squidlogic: 05 June 2020 - 12:32 AM