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john81's avatar
john81
New Member
8 years ago

Group policy is blocking the installer from running in app data ( due to security) Help!

We cant run go to assist since yesterday, no changes our side, could it be that the installer location has changed to users/appdata ?
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    516-Andrew
    7 years ago

    I don't know if I'm allowed to put links in here, but the solution at this one was the answer that worked, must give credit where creit is due. Thank you, Kevin Arrows! Author! #2 worked. (And thanks to my IT guy for finding this article.)

    https://appuals.com/this-program-is-blocked-by-group-policy/

     

     

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wedfghnjm
New Member

I can't believe this is a still a thing in the year 2020. Can you please come up with a way so this can be ran where it doesn't run an exe from app data? It's not safe to allow your average user to run exes at all and especially not from app data where most malware/ransomware is ran from.  Most things can be built into browsers now. 

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GlennD
GoTo Manager
4 years ago

Hi wedfghnjm 

 

Most malware installs to the appdata because that is where legitimate applications run from. If you would like to switch to a browser based experience please switch to GoToAssist v5. You can do this by signing into your account on the website and clicking on the menu in the top right.