Vista keeps giving me a message saying that an executable file I'm trying to run is potentially harmful and it won't run it. How do I get around this and run it?

what exe is it and is it installed or are you just clicking on a exe

Maybe the Windows Defender found out a harmful code with this executable file you're going to open, perform a deep scan withWindows Defender and you should get what's in the file. Good luck

I'm not really all that bothered even if it is harmful - it's just annoying that vista won't let me run a file and there isn't any way of clicking on something that will let me actually run it. Thanks for the help though.

try running the exe by right click and run as administrator

That's what somebody suggested on another forum but I don't have that as an option. I juse have open, cut, copy, delete and properties I think.