Thread: IE9 and Calibre
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Old 02-27-2011, 07:50 AM   #6
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Originally Posted by kiwidude View Post
There's an even simpler solution of course. Don't use IE9. I haven't used IE for years. And no I am not a anti-Microsoft zealot, I just prefer some of the alternatives for a web browser.
windows 7 will block all executable downloads from alternative browsers, as a "safety feature" - you have to manually unblock each one.
it may, as I said before, make an exception for microsoft's own signed code but just about every 3rd party installer / exe is blocked. Even zips if windows thinks there is an executable inside.
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