: How to stop browser from rejecting my downloads? I have a portfolio site where I am trying to host some of my work, so people can download my work. Some of these files include exe executables,

@Kristi941

I have equally been frustrated by this warning, and without going into a rant about how ridiculous the whole thing is, I will share the solution that worked for me.

I have found that double zipping got rid of the warning right away- zip your files, then zip the resulting zip file, et voila, the warning will disappear.

The user will have to unzip 2 files to get to your files, but that is a much lesser inconvenience than the dangerous warning.

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@Nimeshi995

All the options you need to change are done client side only.



The Checkbox in the Circle must be checked, which will ask a user, where the file should be stored. After storing it, the user will still be warned that the file is dangerous, and if the user chooses discard, the file is still deleted.



Update
The reason jar files are considered malicious is because the J ava AR chive can contain an "executable" file. If that file contains malicious code, when clicking it, you allow the code to run. Browsers would rather air on the side of caution then allow data corruption/destruction by malicious code. In order to fix this you must find an approved browser file type. See this Google Groups Post on Chrome

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