Gary
Sun Jun 01 11:16:46 PDT 2008
Tried everything I could think of, there's no obvious way to put any local
folder into the Restricted Zone. As PA intimates, it seems to be one of
those "smoke & mirrors" tricks involving the TIF system. (Cookies are part
of the TIF system.) Like I said, blame fatigue and distractions, I was
totally off-base.
--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com
"PCR" <pcrrcp@netzero.net> wrote in message
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> Gary S. Terhune wrote:
> | I'm just saying that it makes sense that it's just an IE6SP1 thing, or
> | IE6.0, or whatever. But I'd have to install sequential versions of IE
> | to find out, and I don't want to. I just finished rebuilding the
> | thing and may rebuild it again this week.
>
> Alright. Well, why not try your stuff in...?...
>
> "Internet Options, Security tab, select Restricted Sites, Sites
> button"
>
> Does it go into that Registry key you mentioned?
>
> | --
> | Gary S. Terhune
> | MS-MVP Shell/User
> | www.grystmill.com
> |
> | "PCR" <pcrrcp@netzero.net> wrote in message
> | news:%23PU6i25wIHA.5620@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> |> Gary S. Terhune wrote:
> |> | Pretty sure I checked before, but the way my brain is working these
> |> | days... PA's suggestion makes more sense.
> |>
> |> No, no-- I didn't mean to say PA suggested to do that! Maybe I'll try
> |> it, myself, to see what happens. I do know that putting sites into
> |> that box should/does work, but never heard of the kind of thing you
> |> specified with folders.
> |>
> |> | --
> |> | Gary S. Terhune
> |> | MS-MVP Shell/User
> |> | www.grystmill.com
> |> |
> |> | "PCR" <pcrrcp@netzero.net> wrote in message
> |> | news:%23oQYwM4wIHA.1436@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> |> |> Gary S. Terhune wrote:
> |> |> | And like I told you, the answer is that some 3rd-party
> |> |> | application almost certainly did it for you, that there is no
> |> |> | normal Windows setting that you can access to do it.
> |> |>
> |> |> I think it might have been PA Bear who might have once said
> |> |> Cookies may have been put into Restricted Sites with the advent
> |> |> of IE6. Anyway, if I open Explorer to C:\Windows\Cookies, I do see
> |> |> "Restricted sites" in the status bar-- & I don't have the setting
> |> |> you speak of below or the one I mention.
> |> |>
> |> |> | I'm GUESSING that if you want to do it manually, you dig into
> |> |> | the Registry to
> |> |> | HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet
> |> |> | Settings\Zone Map\Domains. The sub-keys of that Key list
> |> |> | Domains and the DWORD value within the Key denotes the Zone
> |> |> | (there are 4, Restricted Zone being 4.) You simply create a
> |> |> | DWORD value, name it with an asterisk, nothing more, and give
> |> |> | it the value 4.
> |> |> |
> |> |> | The name of the key needs to be in "domain format". For example:
> |> |> | Not C:\Windows\Cookies, but rather 127.0.0.1/windows/cookies
> |> |> | (note the forward slashes.) I tested using that format and it
> |> |> | worked. It put the Cookies folder into the Restricted Zone. I
> |> |> | suspect you could use localhost in place of 127.0.0.1, but I
> |> |> | can't test, because even though I entirely erased the Key, and
> |> |> | rebooted, the folder still remains in the Restricted Zone. At
> |> |> | least that's its logo, which may be lying. Go figure.
> |> |>
> |> |> (a) Did you look at the folder before you added stuff to that
> |> |> registry key? It probably was saying "Restricted sites" all
> |> |> along-- just as mine & PA Bear's does!
> |> |>
> |> |> (b) I wonder, what about...?...
> |> |> "Internet Options, Security tab, select Restricted Sites, Sites
> |> |> button"
> |> |>
> |> |> Suppose you type that stuff into the top box there?
> |> |>
> |> |> | In short, if you really want to know how it happened, you have
> |> |> | to review ALL of your protective applications, since any one of
> |> |> | them could have done this trick, I just don't know how to undo
> |> |> | it.
> |> |> |
> |> |> | --
> |> |> | Gary S. Terhune
> |> |> | MS-MVP Shell/User
> |> |> | www.grystmill.com
> |> |> |
> |> |> |
> |> |> | "Jim" <invalid@example.invalid> wrote in message
> |> |> | news:OsXpf4OwIHA.2068@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> |> |> |> In the status bar bottom right of window border, there is a
> |> |> |> icon that is usually a small mycomputer for "windows
> |> |> |> explorer". If you click on it the security tab of Internet
> |> |> |> explorer will open and is typically set to Internet
> |> |> |> or local setting. In this one case the user
> |> |> |> profiles>username>cookies the setting is restricted not
> |> |> |> mycomputer. I did not set this.
> |> |> |>
> |> |> |> The original question was that if I want to set a file/folder
> |> |> |> as a restricted zone folder on mycomputer, how to do this...
> |> |> |>
> |> |> |> "Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote in message
> |> |> |> news:%23fRFOPOwIHA.3760@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> |> |> |>> What visual indication do you have that Cookies are in the
> |> |> |>> Restricted Zone? Sounds to me like some third-party tool got
> |> |> |>> in there and set that up, but I can't identify which one it
> |> |> |>> might be. Care to list what anti-malware applications you have
> |> |> |>> installed? Here's some examples of such apps:
> |> |> |>>
> |> |> |>
> |> |>
> |>
>
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Cookies+are+in+the+Restricted+Zone&btnG=Google+Search
> |> |> |>>
> |> |> |>> TinyURL =
http://tinyurl.com/6y59r8
> |> |> |>>
> |> |> |>> --
> |> |> |>> Gary S. Terhune
> |> |> |>> MS-MVP Shell/User
> |> |> |>> www.grystmill.com
> |> |> |>>
> |> |> |>> "Jim" <invalid@example.invalid> wrote in message
> |> |> |>> news:u5ze6tNwIHA.704@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> |> |> |>> > Use of the Restricted sites zone to protect against some
> |> |> |>> > websites that might
> |> |> |>> > damage the machine is fairly straight forward. However, what
> |> |> |>> > about files
> |> |> |>> > and
> |> |> |>> > folders that are under study and need to be in a restricted
> |> |> |>> > status? One example that I have seen is in user
> |> |> |>> > profiles>cookies that a restricted zone
> |> |> |>> > status has been assigned. This is also question of mine,
> |> |> |>> > because I did not do that zone assignment. So I guess this
> |> |> |>> > is a two fold question here.
> |> |>
> |> |> --
> |> |> Thanks or Good Luck,
> |> |> There may be humor in this post, and,
> |> |> Naturally, you will not sue,
> |> |> Should things get worse after this,
> |> |> PCR
> |> |> pcrrcp@netzero.net
> |>
> |> --
> |> Thanks or Good Luck,
> |> There may be humor in this post, and,
> |> Naturally, you will not sue,
> |> Should things get worse after this,
> |> PCR
> |> pcrrcp@netzero.net
>
> --
> Thanks or Good Luck,
> There may be humor in this post, and,
> Naturally, you will not sue,
> Should things get worse after this,
> PCR
> pcrrcp@netzero.net
>
>