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A server at work has UrlScan enabled and this stops the downloading of .exe files via IIS.
However, I need to allow one specific .exe file to be downloaded. I think this is possible by adding an exception into the config file but I'm struggling to find any definitive answers via google.
This is a production box so I'd rather not get this wrong! I was hoping someone here may be able to point me in the right direction.
Thanks in advance.
GQ
Zip the executable?
I've zipped it for now but would just be easier for end users to download and execute the file (which then, in turn, downloads additional resources from the site - it's a VSTO Add-In for Excel).
Was just hoping to keep things simples - adding extra steps just causes more headaches as this software needs rolling out to lots of people, some of which might not be able to (or know how to) unzip the archive.
Can it be packaged as an MSI? Or perhaps clickonce.
this software needs rolling out to lots of people
That's what Group Policy is for.
That’s what Group Policy is for.
Nah that's what confimgr is for it's not 2002 anymore 😉
So the exe downloads other stuff and installs it, do all your users have admin rights (shudders!)
That’s what Group Policy is for.
Indeed, but this software needs to be distributed via t'interweb.
So the exe downloads other stuff and installs it, do all your users have admin rights (shudders!)
Correct - but it doesn't need admin rights to install.
Surely the solution de jour is to just wrap it up in a choco package, throw it in a repo and then try and get users to run some arcane parameterised args list