Security Settings Do Not Allow This File To Be Downloaded

[guest]

Situation: When attempting download a file from Windows 2008 R2 IE, you may receive this message: Your Current Security Settings Do Not Allow This File To Be Downloaded

Case 1: Through trial and error, I found that in addition to enabling "File Download" (Tools > Internet Options > Security (tab) > Internet > Custom Level > Downloads >> File Download) you also have to Enable (or set to Prompt) these other two options:
"Launching applications and unsafe files" and
"Launching programs and files in an IFRAME" (this one is only needed if your download occurs in an IFrame),
These 2 options are found under the "Miscellaneous" subsection, on the same settings screen as the "File Download" option.

After making these changes, I was then able to download files from sites, without having to put them into the "Trusted Sites" zone.
Hope this helps/works for others.

Case 2: What I finally did to get around this was to create a new user account (which you can do in the control panel, provided your account is an administrator). Give it administrator priveleges, and download what you want from that account. To get the downloaded file to your account, do a search for the file name while in your account, or save the download to a shared file.

If it won't let you open the file from your account (like it did to me), right-click on it, go to properties, and hit the unblock option that should be at the bottom of the window, then apply. Hopefully, that will do it.

Case 3: To resolve this problem in Internet Explorer, follow these steps:
1. Quit all programs that are running.
2. Click Start, and then click Run.
3. Type regsvr32 urlmon.dll, and then click OK.
4. When you receive the "DllRegisterServer in urlmon.dll succeeded" message, click OK.

If this does not resolve the problem, repeat steps 2 through 4 for each of the following files (in step 3, replace Urlmon.dll with each of the file names below):
• Shdocvw.dll
• Actxprxy.dll
• Oleaut32.dll
• Mshtml.dll
• Browseui.dll
• Shell32.dll

Case 4: To fix this issue, please follow guidelines below.
1. Open Internet Explorer.
2. From the Tools menu, select Internet Options.
3. Select the Advanced tab.



4. Click the Reset… button.
This will reset Internet Explorer settings to default.
5. Close Internet Explorer.

[guest]

In the Internet Options, in the Security>Internet setting, under Miscellaneous sub-section, check Launching Application and Unsafe files.

[blin]

These two fix my problem.
"Launching applications and unsafe files" and
"Launching programs and files in an IFRAME" (this one is only needed if your download occurs in an IFrame),