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Installed more recent update and now my URL files are all hosed

Anonymous
2024-02-14T02:49:57+00:00

This appears to be an age-old issue that continues to recur: I installed the most recent Windows 11 update and now all of my URLs invoke the File Download - Security Warning. This is terribly annoying, as I pretty much surf the Internet by creating and organizing Internet shortcuts.

I have been doing this for over a decade, they could not be more secure, and literally overnight, they now invoke a security warning.

After exhaustive Google searches, I see a myriad of ICACLS commands that people advise to execute in DOS windows. None of them works on this current strain of this bug.

What can I do??

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Windows update

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-02-16T07:36:27+00:00

    Same with mine as well really bloody annoying

    wasnt there before now it is needs to be fixed now

    better still stop stuffing things that arent broken

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-02-15T21:30:14+00:00

    I have the same issue as of Feb. 13, 2024, but on Windows 10 Pro. Every internet shortcut invokes the same File Download warning box. (e.g. Google_url is the name the warning box displays when I click on a shortcut to Google (https://www.google.com/).

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-02-15T16:53:25+00:00

    Hello Rick A_fromCA，

    Welcome to the Microsoft Community！

    Thanks for your feedback, we understand that you are experiencing a sudden prompt of File Download - Security Warning for url files after updating. We understand your concern.

    Recently we have received some feedback from our users regarding the issue of url files suddenly prompting File Download - Security Warning, this is most likely an emerging issue and we take your feedback very seriously, we are collecting feedback from our users regarding this issue and have submitted this issue through internal channels. If you prefer, you can also submit this issue through our Feedback Hub (please provide as much detail as possible).

    We offer our sincerest apologies and sincerely appreciate your understanding and patience.

    We wish you all the best! 

    Best Regards ,

    Morning | Microsoft Technical Support Community

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