Try this.
Netscape-Style Plug-ins Do Not Work After Upgrading Internet Explorer
If it is only .exe files, then read on and see if this is relevant:
Remove the plugin with Regedit.exe
Start/Run menu applet execute: Regedit.exe
Navigate down to this key and remove it, after exporting it as a normal
safety precaution.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Plugins\Extension\.exe
If that key exists, then you will see what plugin has been installed. The
key does not normally exist.
Recommanded by: Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=303401 (i. e. 5, 6.
W98/se/ME/NT4/W2000/XP 6/5/2003)
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Henri Leboeuf
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<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:664201c3e68e$3943e040$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Does anyone have a problem with Internet Exporer blocking
> the downloading of *.exe files from the internet. I even
> have the same problem when upgrading at microsoft.com. I
> have numberously added the particular site to the trusted
> sites, but to no avail.
>
> Help>>>