If you frequently download files, you may be familiar with Windows SmartScreen. This extra security feature protects your entire system from malware. SmartScreen works in conjunction with antivirus software and other security tools to scan the files you attempt to open. It alerts you and blocks the file from opening if it detects any potentially harmful executable or document.

RunBySmartScreen helps you send any file to the Windows Smart Screen via the context menu with the ultimate goal of making the process of checking files that end up on your computer are safe and secure. For ease of access, you can pin RunBySmartScreen to the taskbar.

RunBySmartScreen offers a simple file opening process in the User Space ( = everything outside %WinDir%, %ProgramFiles%, and %ProgramFiles(x86)% ). RunBySmartScreen can manage files in the User Space as follows:

Run/check executables with SmartScreen.

Block files with potentially dangerous extensions.

Open vulnerable files with the warning instruction.

Prevent DLL hijacking of EXE files.

Safe files are run/opened without warnings.

RunBySmartScreen's on-demand process of checking your files ensures that you keep your machine as safe and secure as possible with minimal effort.

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