Ever get the error: “Your current security settings do not allow this file to be downloaded”? You will normally only see this error if you are on a server or your network administrator has played a really mean joke on you.
To get rid of the error “your current security settings do not allow this file to be downloaded” you must follow these steps.
- Open Internet Explorer browser
- Go to Tools menu
- Select Internet Options
- Go to Security tab
- Select Internet zone
- Click on "Custom level…”
- Under Downloads category, enable the option "File download"
- Under Miscellaneous category, select Prompt (recommended) for the option "Launching applications and unsafe files"
- Under Miscellaneous category, select Prompt (recommended) for the option "Launching programs and files in an IFRAME"
- Validate the changes by clicking on OK
- Leave the Internet Options
- Close the browser
- Re-open it, this issue should be fixed
After doing all this you should never have to worry about seeing that pesky error: “Your current security settings do not allow this file to be downloaded”.
*NOTE* – I don’t recommend doing this on a production server! You should always download items on your workstation using a non-admin account. I only recommend doing this on test servers or Server->Workstation conversions where the security isn’t really needed as much.