Do you want to move or copy files from this zone?


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Vista 5840:

How do I get rid of this stupid annoying popup "Do you want to move or copy files from this zone?" every time I try to move/copy a file/folder from one computer to another on my LOCAL network???

Vista 5744: a similar popup with a different text: "This page has an unspecified potential security risk".

I have seen a lot of issues on this topic on the net, but it seems that nobody has a solution. Maybe there are some guru in this forum that has the ultimate solution??

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Oh, I found the solution myself!! :D

To get rid of this annoying pop-up message do the following:

Open Control Panel -> Internet Options.

Open Security-tab; mark the zone "Local intranet", press the "Sites" button,

UN-tick "Automatically detect intranet network", THEN

tick "Include all local (intranet) sites not listed in other zones" and

tick "Include all network paths (UNCs)".

:laugh:

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Edited by geircito

My XP pc does this since I installed IE7. Whenever I open a file on a network share (mapped drive), or save a file to a network drive, or right click a file on a network drive, or copy or move a file on a network drive, I get the attached error:

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Note that the error title bar says internet explorer, although I was using windows explorer at the time - I guess they're still very closely linked then!

The network is a simple workgroup network, and every user account on every machine has full access to every other share on every machine. I have a feeling the bug may be related to compressed zipped folders, winzip, or winrar, because it only seems to occur when the folder concerned has a .zip file in, or whenever I mouseover a zip file, or right click a zip file, or do anything else in the same folder as a zip file.

On a side note, has anyone had a go at resource hacking vista/xp to make the default action of pressing enter to be yes rather than no on all the security boxes? I prefer to be able to see the box, but not have to reach for the mouse to dismiss it.

just have - that fixed it thanks!

The "automatic detection" obviously isn't all that good if it presumes a network share in the same workgroup on the same subnet is in the "internet zone". I spose it probably requires domain membership to check that the computer is actually trusted.

I have discovered that:

in Vista 5840 the popup message is:

"Internet Explorer" - "Do you want to move or copy files from this zone?"

in Vista 5744 AND IE7 under Windows XP the popup message is:

"Internet Explorer" - "This page has an unspecified potential security risk."

My solution in post #4 is the solution to "remove" both of these messages.

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My solution in post #4 is the solution to "remove" both of these messages.

Sorry to say that it didn't work for me in 5744.

EDIT: Dammit. I then add my domain name to the sites list in the 'advanced' part of the dialog you mention, and it got rid of them. Cheers!

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