How to make exception from "disable file downloads" for Wo..

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Hello,

in win2k GPO, I disable file downloads by IE ("allow file downloads"
setting).

Now I want to allow to download Office documents (I have the appropriate
macro security setting enforced). Is it possible?

Related question: the disabled "allow file downloads" setting does not
prevent the users from seeing, for instance, Acrobat documents, or,
actually, HTML documents. Note that when downloading is allowed, IE actually
opens word file inside itself as container, rather than indeed downloads it
elsewhere. How does IE decide what is "file download" and what is not? is it
possible to change this for a certain filetype or MIME type?

Perhaps the new XP SP2 security settings might help somehow? (mime
sniffing?)

thanks,

Vadim Rapp
Polyscience