Windows 8.1 question

VAHillbilly wrote:
Just bought a new laptop with Windows 8.1. Coming from Windows 7 I understand the frustration many have expressed. I have been trying to download Classic Shell to emulate the earlier Windows screen but it is being blocked. The download file is a .exe which apparently 8.1 doesn't like. The laptop has McAfee security but it does not appear to be what is doing the blocking as I tried to download a help app from McAfee and got the same block.

What needs to be modified to allow me to download .exe files from trusted sites? I would like to authorize the .exe download on a case by case basis.

This has absolutely nothing to do with Windows 8. Windows does not block you from downloading whatever you wish.

It might be your AV software as suggested by downtheroad so definitely try temporarily disabling your AV software in order to download Classic Shell.

I have been using Win 8 since it was in Beta and have never had it prevent me from downloading whatever I wanted or from opening any file or website I wished. Don't make Win 8 the scapegoat for whatever issues you encounter with your new computer.

BTW, Win 10 is no better or worse than Win 8. They're both perfectly usable OSes.