clipka <ano### [at] anonymousorg> wrote:
> Am 03.11.2018 um 17:49 schrieb Kenneth:
>
> > The question arises as to why this newer help file was 'blocked', when...
>
> The difference is in how the help file got onto your computer.
>
> With the betas, it was an installer that you downloaded, not the help
> file itself, and - from the perspective of the operating system - the
> installer "created" the help file on your computer.

Ah yes, I do understand the difference now; thanks.

I fully admit that the inner workings of Windows' arcane security schemes are
totally baffling to me.

I see now that I picked a poor file comparison. I think a better one would be
between the new help file, and the latest alpha release. The former is
'blocked', while the latter is not. The only initial difference that I see upon
downloading them is that the help file arrives as a 'raw' file (i.e., ready to
use), whereas the alpha is a zipped file. Does the act of unzipping a file
'un-block' it?

[Administrator priviledges are required for adding *either* file to POV's bin
folder, so I don't see that as a deciding factor in blocked vs. unblocked.]

Sorry for going further down this rabbit hole, but I'm obviously having a
difficult time understanding the help file's initial state. I very rarely
encounter a blocked file when downloading stuff from the 'net (almost never.)

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