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File Explorer ignoring UNBLOCKED file status with 24H2
FILE EXPLORER IGNORING UNBLOCKED FILE STATUS AFTER DOWNLOAD AND UNBLOCK I updated to Win 11 23H2 --> 24H2 some days ago. Yesterday I used Mark Russinovich tool "Streams" to manually remove from C...
You can manually unblock a file by right-clicking it, going to Properties, and checking the "Unblock" box. This removes the Zone.Identifier ADS, telling Windows the user has made a conscious decision to trust the file.
You can manually unblock a file by right-clicking it, going to Properties, and checking the "Unblock" box. This removes the Zone.Identifier ADS, telling Windows the user has made a conscious decision to trust the file.
As said, if you do that and then check the properties again in Windows 11 24H2, the option to Unblock is still there and causes mentioned error if you try to unblock it again. This does not happen in Windows 10 for example.
