Vivaldi asking confirmation to open uTorrent for magnet links

[gowthamkumar]

i found a solution. no need to change any preferences with JSONedit or notepad++

open notepad and paste this

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Vivaldi\URLWhitelist]
"1"="magnet:*"

save with any name. for example: fix magnet link.reg
the extension .reg is important. when saving dont select file type as text document. instead select all.

open the file. it will make some registry changes. close the browser. if its running on background make sure to exit it.
restart the browser. it should work flawlessly.

[Marxin]

and this Vivaldi browser they call "user friendly"
I dont think so
I used Firefox Opera Chrome, brave and IMHO vivaldi is not so user friendly

simply option and have to chang in windows reg, ridiculous

another browser
that has everything locked
I know what an exe file is, I don't need a warning to download it

[Gaëlle]

@Marxin thanks for your feedback. Please share your OS and Vivaldi version so we can try to reproduce this issue. Personally I can't reproduce it on macOS (10.15.4) and Vivaldi latest stable version (3.0.1874.38).

[Ayespy]

@Marxin I don't receive any such warnings here on Windows10. I'm not sure why you would.

[Pesala]

@Ayespy I receive such warnings on downloading *.exe *.msi and some other file types on the latest Windows 10. As mentioned by Marxin, you have to change a setting to allow them.

[iAN CooG]

@Ayespy it's a chromium "feature", they probably call it this way, but it's just an annoyance. I don't know why you don't see it but many users get the annoying prompt for certain files defined in the "%localappdata%\Vivaldi\User Data\FileTypePolicies\42\download_file_types.pb" (the 42 is variable and changes according to the version of the *.pb file)
There was an old thread where I posted my solution to patch such file with a python script and allow some extensions to be considered safe and not trigger the prompt.
https://forum.vivaldi.net/topic/11827/any-way-to-disable-the-this-type-of-file-can-harm-your-computer-warning/
Too bad it's about a couple of Vivaldi versions it doesn't have any effect anymore, any changes are simply ignored, and I suspect the actual used .pb file is inside of "Vivaldi\Application<currentversionnumber>\resources.pak" and packed, hence not alterable via hexediting.

[Ayespy]

@Pesala I get these from the system for some files, but not from the browser.

[Pesala]

@Ayespy I don't understand. How does anyone (download) any file without using a browser? If it is the OS sending the warning, then surely the browser is sending the warning to the OS?

[Ayespy]

@Pesala The system knows if you are downloading a file from the internet. Of course you use the browser to do it, but the system knows it is happening. You are, after all, downloading it to the system, not to the browser. The system does not need a "warning" from the browser to generate a warning to the user of potentially unsafe activity.

Some people also have security software that won't even allow a file to be saved on the system from download without inspecting it first after (or sometimes while) the browser fetches it.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/threat-protection/microsoft-defender-smartscreen/microsoft-defender-smartscreen-overview

[gihanruk]

@gowthamkumar

This worked. thank you for the finding and sharing with us. 5+ starts!