Running executable files on network drives[MOVED FROM WINDOWS]

[me4net]

Originally Posted by Lord Chaos

I am an admin user and it doesn't matter what account I run them at.

Its *ANY* executable file that does this regardless of whether its Vista or XP. And it only does so on networked drives.

Are you using c$ or any $ share in your UNC?

[me4net]

There is a toolset called pstools.
One of thoes tools is called Psexec that will run a task remotly.

you will need to download the exe and add it to your system 32 directory.

The for using this is

psexec \\(Remote Computer Name) "Share"

[johnwill]

I recommend not using the admin x$ shares, you should create a new share.

[Lord Chaos]

Originally Posted by lorjack

I don't think that you can disable it. It is how it functions when running a remote program. If you don't mind me asking why is it a big deal? I run stuff off of my network drive all the time and it always asks for a confirmation.

Well, its supposed to be doable by changing the security settings of windows and perhaps adding it to the trusted zone. But not quite sure.

And I have quite a lot of executable files I run off the network drives, so its getting very annoying having to click that extra dialogue screen every time. (feels worse than UAC). And even worse, we've recently switched to having several of our programs run over the network at work and its creating quite a hassle too of everyone having to confirm all the time.

[Lord Chaos]

Originally Posted by me4net

Are you using c$ or any $ share in your UNC?

No, manually created shares.

[Lord Chaos]

Originally Posted by me4net

There is a toolset called pstools.
One of thoes tools is called Psexec that will run a task remotly.

you will need to download the exe and add it to your system 32 directory.

The for using this is

psexec \\(Remote Computer Name) "Share"

Sadly those programs only work with XP (thats only half the problem) and it executes it remotely, I need for the executables to run locally.

[me4net]

Originally Posted by Lord Chaos

Sadly those programs only work with XP (thats only half the problem) and it executes it remotely, I need for the executables to run locally.

you can replace the \\machine name for the name of the machine
//%computername% or \\127.0.0.1

[Lord Chaos]

Well, its a start. But its only for Windows XP, is fairly drastic and won't work for Vista.

Anyone else have any suggestions in regards to trusted zones and such?

[Lord Chaos]

Noone has any suggestions for this problem?

[Lord Chaos]

Ok, another month has passed. Bumping this so I don't have to start another topic.

Anyone know how to make it so that when you start executable files off a network mounted drives, it doesn't ask "Are you sure you want to run this file?" every time?

[lorjack]

I guess not.

[me4net]

Originally Posted by lorjack

I guess not.

Are you using windows firewall ? if so try adding the app as an exception.

[Lord Chaos]

Its not a firewall issue, at least not for me. Its the standard dialogue box you get when running executable files over networked drives. (the same dialogue you get when you are running a file directly off the internet.

[Lord Chaos]

Anyone have any suggestions for this issue?

[Suncoast]

Are you referring to the untrusted downloaded file issue? If so, you should be able to right click it and get to a dialog box to "trust this downloaded file." I've seen this a few times on XP Peer to Peer shares.

[Suncoast]

Lord Chaos, If you have already looked at the downloaded file attribute, I will try to duplicate your issue. Let me know the OS of both ends, and if your mapping a drive letter to the share or using a UNC //servername/share. Also if the clients share security on the server is full control or some limitation. Also if the server is controlled by a group policy through a domain controller. Thanks.

[Lord Chaos]

This is through a mapped drive. And this happens on any OS and regardless of whether its on a domain or not.

If I doubleclick on an .exe file on the mapped drive it goes:

"Open File - Security Warning
Do you want to run this file?
Name: <filename>
Publisher: <creater of file>
Type: Application
From: <path to file>

While files from the Internet can be useful, this file type can potentially harm your computer. Only run software from publishers you trust. Whats the risk?"

I can select "Run" or "Cancel".

[Suncoast]

And what happens if you open File Explorer and right click on the executable, then properties? Do you get a dialog at the bottom of the properties page that talks about trusting the executable?

[darpified]

The way I set it up (primarily to be able to view CHM files on a network drive, which is disabled by default), is to go to Control Panel, Internet Options, Security tab.

Then select Local Intranet, click the sites button, disable
automatically detect intranet network, which has never worked for me.
Go to advanced, where it says add this website, type in the IP address
of your local internet subnet, for me it's

192.168.10.0/255.255.255.0


Then, check the add button, and press ok all the way out.

This is what also removes the nag screen about executing a program from a network drive. If there's any other way to do this, I am unaware of it. If you don't have a full subnet, you can always add single IP addresses, if this doesn't work, let me know and we'll see what else we can find.


Cheers,
RP.

Originally Posted by Lord Chaos

This is through a mapped drive. And this happens on any OS and regardless of whether its on a domain or not.

If I doubleclick on an .exe file on the mapped drive it goes:

"Open File - Security Warning
Do you want to run this file?
Name: <filename>
Publisher: <creater of file>
Type: Application
From: <path to file>

While files from the Internet can be useful, this file type can potentially harm your computer. Only run software from publishers you trust. Whats the risk?"

I can select "Run" or "Cancel".