{"id":30121,"date":"2021-01-18T03:16:19","date_gmt":"2021-01-17T19:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.mwwsb.com.my\/pjci\/?post_type=kb&#038;p=30121"},"modified":"2022-09-08T20:13:38","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T12:13:38","slug":"why-cant-send-a-exe-file","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/guide\/kb\/why-cant-send-a-exe-file","title":{"rendered":"Why can\u2019t send a .exe file?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"30121\" class=\"elementor elementor-30121\" data-elementor-post-type=\"kb\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cbce987 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cbce987\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9c48ecc\" data-id=\"9c48ecc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-781b7bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"781b7bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Why can\u2019t send a .exe file ?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f198892 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f198892\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Gmail will automatically block the .exe file as they often contain viruses. Please change the .exe to .txt before sending. You may change the .txt back to .exe when you receive it back.<\/p><p>Another possible reason is that your friend has disabled attachment download in his Outlook\/Outlook Express\u00a0\u00a0 for security reasons. Please ask your friend to check this security setting.<\/p><p>However, there are two easy workarounds to send executable files through Gmail.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb325fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cb325fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Send Executable Files using Google Drive<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b5ece4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3b5ece4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ol><li>Firstly, <strong>compose an email<\/strong> in Gmail and click on <strong>Insert files using Drive<\/strong>.<br \/><br \/><\/li><li>Secondly, go to <strong>Upload<\/strong> section and click<strong> Select files from your computer<\/strong> to select the .exe file on your PC.<br \/><br \/><\/li><li>Then, click <strong>Upload<\/strong> to add the .exe file as a link in email.<br \/><br \/><\/li><li>Lastly, click on <strong>Send<\/strong> to send the file through Gmail.<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62c59ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"62c59ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Change the File Extension<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d2bda2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7d2bda2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Like mentioned above, you can change the extension of your .exe file to send them.<\/p><ol><li>Firstly, click on .exe file that you wish to send and press <strong>F2<\/strong> key to rename it.<br \/><br \/><\/li><li>Then, remove the <strong>exe<\/strong> and replace it with other extension like <strong>txt<\/strong>.<br \/><br \/><\/li><li>Click on <strong>Yes<\/strong> button and the file extension will be changed.<br \/><br \/><\/li><li>Lastly, you can now select the renamed file as an attachment of the email in Gmail. The attachment will be sent successfully.<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06cb355 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"06cb355\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We hope this article helped you to learn about why can&#8217;t send a .exe file. For more articles, please go to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casbay.com.my\/guide\/\">Knowledge Base<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why can\u2019t send a .exe file ? Gmail will automatically block the .exe file as they often contain viruses. Please change the .exe to .txt before sending. You may change the .txt back to .exe when you receive it back. Another possible reason is that your friend has disabled attachment download in his Outlook\/Outlook Express\u00a0\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"kbtopic":[49],"kbtag":[106],"mkb_version":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/30121"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30121"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/30121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36536,"href":"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/30121\/revisions\/36536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kbtopic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbtopic?post=30121"},{"taxonomy":"kbtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbtag?post=30121"},{"taxonomy":"mkb_version","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mkb_version?post=30121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}