Windows 10: Unblock File in Windows 10

Many thanks for the reply Brink. I have tried this routine again on a folder that has over 3000 JPGs (sorry, looks like my previous guess at 1500 was way off the mark!). The process starts OK but seems to finish too quickly and when I try to open a few random files, a few will open but most are still affected by the security pop-up. I have attached a screenshot of the security message. I can confirm that the files in question are all stored on an external USB drive.

The command I am typing in to PowerShell is:
get-childitem "f:\bsspi_sys\blah" | unblock-file -confirm and I am responding to the confirmation with 'A' for
all files.

 

Since the source is from an external USB, you will always see that message by default.

If you like, you could use an option in the tutorial below to disable the "Open File - Security Warning" message for the file types you want.

Open File Security Warning - Enable or Disable - Windows 7 Help Forums

 

Thanks. I have already created the new zone REG_DWORD option in the Associations registry to stop any future downloads being affected. That's a real bummer though that files I try to load from the USB drive will flag up the security message. That didn't happen when I was using Windows 7 - is this peculiar to Win 10? The strange thing is that some files on the USB drive will open fine with no message while others (well most to be honest) are affected.

 

You're welcome.

Yeah, it is odd how some will and some will not open with it from the external drive. I believe that image files were not affected by this in Windows 7, but does appear to be now in Windows 10. It used to be mostly executable and document type files that mostly got this message.

 

It is annoying - I can fully understand the need for it with .exe files etc. but with .jpg files (which I use a lot) it is a major frustration.

 

Heyo folks! I wrote a powershell script to automate this thing - and the main reason behind this is that like shalebing, it's annoying for images! Hahaha.

Get it here: Unblock Folder Contents v1.2.1.ps1 - Google Drive

​edit:

I added a "clean" version, this one doesn't have my rants: Unblock Folder Contents v1.2.1-clean.ps1 - Google Drive

 

This was very Helpful

great thanks

 

Hi spiritvorg

I've only just discovered your message about the Powershell script and I have downloaded it. However, being a bit of a dummy in using Powershell, how do I run the script?

 

Hello shalebing, *Smile

You would right click on the .ps1 file, and click on "Run with PowerShell".

 

Cheers Brink - I thought perhaps it needed running from the prompt in Powershell (a bit like the old DOS days). Have used your instruction and the script works wonderfully well. Many thanks to spiritvorg and his OCD for creating it. *Smile

 

Yes I agree while I was going through each One I was wondering WHY isn't there a one click shot that is Weird I said to my self

 

I have this but there is no line with the check box. Any idea what we can do?

 

Hello MPSAN, *Smile

Does any of the options unblock the file for you to stop seeing the dialog?

 

I will check her system. I have not tried anything yet.