Acidus wrote:
] ] The Outlook Express e-mail program, meanwhile, no longer
] ] allows any access to programs sent as file attachments.
] ] Hiding a program inside a compressed "zip" file won't
] ] work either -- you can decompress the archive, but
] ] Windows won't let you run its contents.

This "feature" is such a fucking pain in the ass. Microsoft Windows would be so much better if there was a switch you could flip that put it in "No, I'm not a moron." mode, where email attachments are your responsibility and "End Task" actually ends the kills that damn process. I don't care how hard you make it to switch to this mode. Put it in the registry. Make me hex edit the switch in one of the DLLs.

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