New Laptop

I have a new Win 7 laptop. I wish to copy various utilities from my
desktop to laptop via a DVD. In doing so I noticed that non of the
*.EXE files got transferred. It's kind of like there is a security
filter preventing the copying of an EXE file.

Is there a way of overriding this filter?

Thanks,

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I have a new Win 7 laptop. I wish to copy various utilities from my
desktop to laptop via a DVD. In doing so I noticed that non of the
*.EXE files got transferred. It's kind of like there is a security
filter preventing the copying of an EXE file.

Is there a way of overriding this filter?

Thanks,

Assuming you are making a normal data dvd, they should be written same
as anything else.

What program are you using to create the dvd? If it's Windows built-in
ability well then anything and everything is suspect Try something
like Nero instead.

Also note - a thumbdrive would be likely easier and faster.

"Mellowed" wrote in message ...

I have a new Win 7 laptop. I wish to copy various utilities from my
desktop to laptop via a DVD. In doing so I noticed that non of the
*.EXE files got transferred. It's kind of like there is a security
filter preventing the copying of an EXE file.

Is there a way of overriding this filter?

Thanks,

Most utilities and major programs need to be 'installed' and not merely
copied. You should have the CDs for them, or download again from the
internet.

Q

Mellowed wrote:

I have a new Win 7 laptop. I wish to copy various utilities from my
desktop to laptop via a DVD. In doing so I noticed that non of the
*.EXE files got transferred. It's kind of like there is a security
filter preventing the copying of an EXE file.

Is there a way of overriding this filter?

My machine at work was recently converted from 32-bit XP to 64-bit
Win7. I copied *lots* of stuff off before the conversion (irfanview,
Pegasus mail, Agent newsreader...) . After I just copied them back to
the new setup and they ran fine.

Not all programs will do that. The ones I listed don't need install
routines that make registry entries or whatever. But the point is,
that even in our locked-down environment here there is no problem
copying a *.exe file onto the machine.

--
Tim Slattery

On 7/3/2012 8:56 AM, pjp wrote:
In article , says...

I have a new Win 7 laptop. I wish to copy various utilities from my
desktop to laptop via a DVD. In doing so I noticed that non of the
*.EXE files got transferred. It's kind of like there is a security
filter preventing the copying of an EXE file.

Is there a way of overriding this filter?

Thanks,

Assuming you are making a normal data dvd, they should be written same
as anything else.

What program are you using to create the dvd? If it's Windows built-in
ability well then anything and everything is suspect Try something
like Nero instead.

Also note - a thumbdrive would be likely easier and faster.

I'm using Image Burn. The EXE's are on the DVD. They just aren't being
copied to the Laptop.

On 7/3/2012 9:22 AM, Tim Slattery wrote:
Mellowed wrote:

I have a new Win 7 laptop. I wish to copy various utilities from my
desktop to laptop via a DVD. In doing so I noticed that non of the
*.EXE files got transferred. It's kind of like there is a security
filter preventing the copying of an EXE file.

Is there a way of overriding this filter?

My machine at work was recently converted from 32-bit XP to 64-bit
Win7. I copied *lots* of stuff off before the conversion (irfanview,
Pegasus mail, Agent newsreader...) . After I just copied them back to
the new setup and they ran fine.

Not all programs will do that. The ones I listed don't need install
routines that make registry entries or whatever. But the point is,
that even in our locked-down environment here there is no problem
copying a *.exe file onto the machine.

Maybe you just hit upon the problem. My desktop is a 32bit Vista.
Maybe the EXE's are 32bit and just won't do a copy/paste to a 64bit Win7
folder. I was trying to do a copy/paste from a 32bit Vista folder to a
64 bit Win7 folder via a DVD.

On 7/3/2012 11:49 AM, Mellowed wrote:
I have a new Win 7 laptop. I wish to copy various utilities from my
desktop to laptop via a DVD. In doing so I noticed that non of the
*.EXE files got transferred. It's kind of like there is a security
filter preventing the copying of an EXE file.

Is there a way of overriding this filter?

Thanks,

If you click/dragged the files, the default for exe is to create a
shortcut to the new location, I believe. You can right-click/drag the
files, and when you release the mouse button, you'll be given the option
to copy, create a shortcut, etc.. As stated earlier, a USB drive, such
as a thumb drive, is the way to go.

--

Joe =o)

On 7/3/2012 9:33 AM, Elmo wrote:
On 7/3/2012 11:49 AM, Mellowed wrote:
I have a new Win 7 laptop. I wish to copy various utilities from my
desktop to laptop via a DVD. In doing so I noticed that non of the
*.EXE files got transferred. It's kind of like there is a security
filter preventing the copying of an EXE file.

Is there a way of overriding this filter?

Thanks,

If you click/dragged the files, the default for exe is to create a
shortcut to the new location, I believe. You can right-click/drag the
files, and when you release the mouse button, you'll be given the option
to copy, create a shortcut, etc.. As stated earlier, a USB drive, such
as a thumb drive, is the way to go.

I'll give it a try. I also have a thumb drive.
Thanks.

On Tue, 03 Jul 2012 08:49:07 -0700, Mellowed wrote:

I have a new Win 7 laptop. I wish to copy various utilities from my
desktop to laptop via a DVD. In doing so I noticed that non of the
*.EXE files got transferred. It's kind of like there is a security
filter preventing the copying of an EXE file.

Is there a way of overriding this filter?

The good news is that there's no such filter. The 32 vs 64 bit
question doesn't enter the conversation when all you're talking about
is copying files, so that's a red herring.

The bad news is that you're obviously doing something wrong, but we
can't see you in action so picking it out is hard.

If it were me, I'd simply network the two machines and let'er rip. To
my tech-challenged friends I recommend a large-ish USB thumb drive and
sneakernet. I see that others have already suggested the USB solution,
so I'll just add my voice to theirs.

--

Char Jackson

On 7/3/2012 9:33 AM, Elmo wrote:
On 7/3/2012 11:49 AM, Mellowed wrote:
I have a new Win 7 laptop. I wish to copy various utilities from my
desktop to laptop via a DVD. In doing so I noticed that non of the
*.EXE files got transferred. It's kind of like there is a security
filter preventing the copying of an EXE file.

Is there a way of overriding this filter?

Thanks,

If you click/dragged the files, the default for exe is to create a
shortcut to the new location, I believe. You can right-click/drag the
files, and when you release the mouse button, you'll be given the option
to copy, create a shortcut, etc.. As stated earlier, a USB drive, such
as a thumb drive, is the way to go.



Dragging files over to the new folder on the Laptop worked. So the
problem is solved. I just don't understand why I just couldn't
copy/paste the DVD folder to the laptop. Oh well. Time to move on.

On 03 Jul 2012, Mellowed wrote in
alt.windows7.general:

Maybe you just hit upon the problem. My desktop is a 32bit Vista.
Maybe the EXE's are 32bit and just won't do a copy/paste to a
64bit Win7 folder.

No, that's not it. The "bitness" of the OS doesn't affect file copy
operations. Whether the program will run properly or not is another
question.

On Tue, 3 Jul 2012 12:56:16 -0300, pjp wrote:

In article , says...

I have a new Win 7 laptop. I wish to copy various utilities from my
desktop to laptop via a DVD. In doing so I noticed that non of the
*.EXE files got transferred. It's kind of like there is a security
filter preventing the copying of an EXE file.

Is there a way of overriding this filter?

Thanks,

Assuming you are making a normal data dvd, they should be written same
as anything else.

What program are you using to create the dvd? If it's Windows built-in
ability well then anything and everything is suspect Try something
like Nero instead.

Rather not. Nero appears to disable some of the features of Windows 7, like
the ability to format DVD-R and DVD+R discs.

The problem is probably not creating the DVD, but copying the files.

I copied a lot of .EXE files to Windows 7, and they work, though some of them
spark a pop-up warning me that it is going to load the program, and if I
switch off the warning it says that something could change my computer without
my knowledge (Windows does that all the time -- downloads updates without
telling me, and so I'm quite likely to unplug it from the internet or switch
it off before the downloads are complete).

Is there anyway of keeping the warnings, but telling Windows that a particular
program is OK and that it does not need to warn me about it?


--
Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
Blog: http://khanya.wordpress.com
E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk

On Tue, 03 Jul 2012 09:22:48 -0700, Mellowed wrote:

On 7/3/2012 8:56 AM, pjp wrote:
In article , says...

I have a new Win 7 laptop. I wish to copy various utilities from my
desktop to laptop via a DVD. In doing so I noticed that non of the
*.EXE files got transferred. It's kind of like there is a security
filter preventing the copying of an EXE file.

Is there a way of overriding this filter?

Thanks,

Assuming you are making a normal data dvd, they should be written same
as anything else.

What program are you using to create the dvd? If it's Windows built-in
ability well then anything and everything is suspect Try something
like Nero instead.

Also note - a thumbdrive would be likely easier and faster.

I'm using Image Burn. The EXE's are on the DVD. They just aren't being
copied to the Laptop.

How are you copying them and where are you trying to copy them to?


--
Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
Blog: http://khanya.wordpress.com
E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk

Steve Hayes wrote:
On Tue, 3 Jul 2012 12:56:16 -0300, pjp wrote:

In article , says...
I have a new Win 7 laptop. I wish to copy various utilities from my
desktop to laptop via a DVD. In doing so I noticed that non of the
*.EXE files got transferred. It's kind of like there is a security
filter preventing the copying of an EXE file.

Is there a way of overriding this filter?

Thanks,
Assuming you are making a normal data dvd, they should be written same
as anything else.

What program are you using to create the dvd? If it's Windows built-in
ability well then anything and everything is suspect Try something
like Nero instead.

Rather not. Nero appears to disable some of the features of Windows 7, like
the ability to format DVD-R and DVD+R discs.

The problem is probably not creating the DVD, but copying the files.

I copied a lot of .EXE files to Windows 7, and they work, though some of them
spark a pop-up warning me that it is going to load the program, and if I
switch off the warning it says that something could change my computer without
my knowledge (Windows does that all the time -- downloads updates without
telling me, and so I'm quite likely to unplug it from the internet or switch
it off before the downloads are complete).

Is there anyway of keeping the warnings, but telling Windows that a particular
program is OK and that it does not need to warn me about it?



Any chance it is something like this ? There's nothing like a security
model with a gazillion controls.

http://www.symantec.com/connect/arti...egrity-control

It would be interesting, to store the files on a FAT32 intermediary, and
see if the same problem exists after they're copied over.

Paul

"Steve Hayes" wrote in message
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On Tue, 3 Jul 2012 12:56:16 -0300, pjp wrote:

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switch off the warning it says that something could change my computer
without
my knowledge (Windows does that all the time -- downloads updates without
telling me, and so I'm quite likely to unplug it from the internet or
switch
it off before the downloads are complete).


You can fix that easily enough by going into Control Panel Windows Update
Change Settings and picking one of the options other than "Install
updates automatically ." Then you'll just get a notice that there are
updates available.

As far as the other notifications go, you can change your UAC and Action
Center settings to give you more, less, or no messages.
--
SC Tom