Title: Executable file download solutions
Last modified: February 5, 2019

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# Executable file download solutions

 *  [baksus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/baksus/)
 * (@baksus)
 * [7 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/executable-file-download-solutions/)
 * Hi everyone,
    This question has been asked before but I can’t find a working 
   solution. I have a WP site where registered users can (not yet) download the 
   latest software. I have solved the upload with:
 * > define(‘ALLOW_UNFILTERED_UPLOADS’,true);
 *  so the files are on the server. Download links however open “File cannot be 
   found” error. Is there an option to allow the download? Can this be done with
   WP5x?
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fexecutable-file-download-solutions%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [Joy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joyously/)
 * (@joyously)
 * [7 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/executable-file-download-solutions/#post-11172534)
 * You really shouldn’t try to get around the restrictions. There are good reasons
   to have them.
    You could convert the file to a different type, such as .zip, 
   so that it isn’t directly executable.

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 * Last activity: [7 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/executable-file-download-solutions/#post-11172534)
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