Publisher cannot be verified when accessing .exe files on server. Pop up driving me crazy!! HELP!!
I just got my windows 7 up and going. Mapped a network drive and installed a networked database program. When I am using the workstation, everytime I try to access the program and sub programs within it, I get a security warning stating that the publisher
cannot be verified with option to run or cancel. It is the same pop up i get when running a downloaded .exe file. How do I correct this. All I am doing is accessing .exe files on my server. Everytime I access them, I get this warning.
The
file that you try to access from the network drive does not have a valid digital signature that
verifies its publisher. That’s the reason you get the message.
This is the result of Microsoft trying to protect users from malicious programs. The message will appear for any shortcut or executable that is hosted on a network share.
To resolve the issue, follow the below steps:
1.First, determine what server the shortcut is hosted on.
2.Open Internet Explorer.
3.Click
Tools, then Internet Options.
4.Click the ‘security’ tab.
Once you are on this tab. Make sure you first click "Local Intranet", and then the "Sites" button. Click it.
5.On the form that is displayed, click ‘Advanced’.
You will be shown a list of sites that are in the "Local Intranet"
6.To add your server to the list. Type
file://server where 'server' is the name of your server, Click ‘Add’.
7.Click OK, on the rest of the dialogs to get out of the settings for Internet Explorer.
Now, you
can create shortcuts that point to that server, and no "Publisher cannot be verified" dialogs will be shown.
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