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Yesterday on W10 I had to create registry keys to run an installer because the normal ways of unblocking the executable were simply missing off the menus. I miss Windows 7 every goddamned day.

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There's a cmdlet for that

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft...

Or you can right click on the file in explorer, choose properties, uncheck the checkbox at the bottom (I forget the text in it, sorry) then click OK.

That's the problem. The executable was missing the Unblock checkbox despite throwing an "app has been blocked for your protection" pop-up.

If I remember correctly there is a version of Windows 10 which has server restrictions on what you can do, including it fully blocking "untrusted" installs. In turn it's a bit cheaper. But I'm not sure what they named it, maybe that was related to it. Also it's not uncommon for Windows to be able use features your version didn't had through the command line.

Edit: sorry swipey keyboard messed up some words.

There's Windows 10 "in S mode" which does this, but it's not a version of Windows sold at a discount, just a "mode" you can run Windows in. It's possible to (irrevocably) change from S mode to normal Win10.

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