Cannot open exe files on my RAID setup.

[F1Racer]

Have just built a new PC. I have a non-RAID SSD as my boot-up drive.

Then 2 x 2000Gb drives in RAID Mirror formation for my data.
On that arrary is a partition where I store my software downloads. Some of them I can click on an launch (not many though) and more will not respond to a double click at all.
I thought it was an .exe files association issue.

I checked for Malware and did a virus scan and all is ok.

Even a .reg file wouldn't execute.

Now here is the funny thing. If I right-click on any of those exe's that won't run and choose Run As Administrator, then they will work. (I am an Administrator on my user profile).

Also if I copy any of those exe's to my non-RAID boot drive, I can double-click to launch as normal.

I'm stuck

 

[Mellon Head]

Right click on one of the files that won't execute and see if it is "blocked" by the operating system. You may have to unblock it before it will execute.

 

[F1Racer]

Brilliant ! That's what it was. It was saying that the files had come from a different computer (in this case my previous PC) and were blocked to help protect the computer.

Thanks so much Mellon Head I was really scratching my head over that one. I didn't even notice the Unblock button as I am not used to seeing it.

Phew!

EDIT: As an addendum to this, I solved the problem of manually having to do this to all my executables by using a command line program called Streams which is part of the Systernals Suite.
I simply typed streams -s -d (folder name) and it fixed all the files.

 

[Mellon Head]

Excellent! I'm glad you got it solved.