MSN Messenger V7 and sending files

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Lou Ramsey

Ever since I upgraded my MSN Messenger to V7.0.0777, I have noted an inability
to receive executable files sent by MSN Messenger. The sender gets an immediate
"Sending of 'Filename.exe' has failed", and I get "OtherPerson tried to send you
a file (Filename.exe). This file has been blocked because it is potentially
unsafe.".

Has anybody else experienced this irritation? Any way around it?
 
Microsoft has blocked the following extensions from sending using MSN:

..exe;.bat;.com;.cmd;.reg;.vbs;.inf;.msi;.htm;.html;.swf;.js;.mp3;.mp2;.ape;
..apl;.flac;.shn;.mpc;.mp+;.wma;.ogg;.mp4;.aac;.voc;.mid;.mac;.cda;.kar;.midi;
..rar;.zip;.wav;.jpg;.gif;.png;.bmp;.jpeg;.doc;.xls;.pls;.pub;.dat;.html;.htm;
..avi;mpg;.mpeg;.nfo;.txt;.torrent;.diz;.ppt;.m3u;.sfv;.tar;.htt;.mht;.asp;
..aspx;.tiff;.rtf;.ini;.cab;.ico;.icl;.ip;.iptheme;.msstyles;.theme;.dll;.psd
..vbs;.swf;.php;.xaml;.iso;.bin;.cue;.xml;.par;.par2;.ace;.arj;.lzh;.7z;.gz;.bz;
..uue;.bz2;.jar;.z;.ade;.adn;.adp;.aia;.img;.date;.aip;.ait;amf;.ani;.aob;.asf;
..csv;.fla;.pxr;.wmv;.nrg;.mov;.sav;.xhtml;.php5;.pxr;.m4a;.qxr;.h;.cpp;.pdd;
..rle;.dib;.eps;.jpe;.pcx;.pdp;.raw;.pct;.pict;.sct;.tga;.vda;.icd;.vst;.tif
..tpl;.log;.prx;.cdf;.nls;.ax;.msc;.cpl;.EXE;.BAT;.COM;.CMD;.REG;.VBS;.INF;.MSI;
..HTM;.HTML;.SWF;.JS;.MP3;.MP2;.APE;.APL;.FLAC;.SHN;.MPC;.MP+;.WMA;.OGG;.MP4;
..AAC;.VOC;.MID;.MAC;.CDA;.KAR;.MIDI;.RAR;.ZIP;.WAV;.JPG;.GIF;.PNG;.BMP;.JPEG;
..DOC;.XLS;.PLS;.PUB;.DAT;.HTML;.HTM;.AVI;MPG;.MPEG;.NFO;.TXT;.TORRENT;.DIZ;
..PPT;.M3U;.SFV;.TAR;.HTT;.MHT;.ASP;.ASPX;.TIFF;.RTF;.INI;.CAB;.ICO;.ICL;.IP;
..IPTHEME;.MSSTYLES;.THEME;.DLL;.PSD;.VBS;.SWF;.PHP;.XAML;.ISO;.BIN;.CUE;.XML;
..PAR;.PAR2;.ACE;.ARJ;.LZH;.7Z;.GZ;.BZ;.UUE;.BZ2;.JAR;.Z;.ADE;.ADN;.ADP;.AIA;
..IMG;.DATE;.AIP;.AIT;AMF;.ANI;.AOB;.ASF;.CSV;.FLA;.PXR;.WMV;.NRG;.MOV;.SAV;
..XHTML;.PHP5;.PXR;.M4A;.QXR;.H;.CPP;.PDD;.RLE;.DIB;.EPS;.JPE;.PCX;.PDP;.RAW
..PCT;.PICT;.SCT;.TGA;.VDA;.ICD;.VST;.TIF;.TPL;.LOG;.PRX;.CDF;.NLS;.AX;.MSC;.CPL

Look around on http://mess.be/ and download the MSN extension unblocker
 
Greetings Lou,

To fix this, download and run the following .reg file:
http://messenger.jonathankay.com/downloads/extfix.reg

You'll need to restart Messenger to see the change.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2005 Jonathan Kay.
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