Branching EXE warning pop-up

Question

Overview of structure:
Project one- main.exe
Project two- mod1.exe
Project three- mod2.exe
All files are published to the same directory, C:\, which is
a local drive.
mod1.exe - the last slide has 2 buttons.
1. Continue, which closes mod1.exe and opens mod2.exe
2. Main Menu, which closes mod1.exe and opens main.exe
Both buttons do their job, ie, closing mod1.exe and opening
the respective *.exe
The problem is, before the respective *.exe is opened, I get
a MS Windows
dialog asking if I want to Run, Save, or Cancel the EXE file.
Is there a workaround or way to disable this?
I usually use SWF and HTML for publishing, but my current
customer is asking for EXE only.

Answer 1

Hi Shnoogins
Sounds like you are popping the .EXE files up on a server and
accessing that way, right? If so, I'm unaware of any workaround for
this. And actually, it's a good thing there isn't.
Why? (I'm so happy you asked!)
Think about it. Windows has no clue that this is an innocuous
Captivate created .EXE file. For all it knows, the nasty virus
folks have been busy and created some nasty gnarly .EXE that seizes
your hard drive, locks you out and does what it wants. So any time
a file of this type is attempted to be opened off a web server,
your user will need to make a choice. Save it, Run it or Cancel it.
I suppose some clever soul may be able to create a way to
bypass things. If so, perhaps they will post with a solution. And
if so, I'll be watching keenly, as it will prove interesting!
Cheers... Rick