This is a curiosity question, since I solved the problem another way.
Someone mailed me a zip file as an attachment; the zip file contained a single file. I saved the zip file, and then attempted to unzip it. Windows 7 64 bit told me the file was dangerous (it wasn't (*)) and therefore I couldn't be permitted (**) to unzip it. No way that I could see to say "shut up and do it anyway". The end.
How the hell am I supposed to get around that? I wanted the damn file.
It turns out that Windows 7 32-bit let me unzip the same thing without complaint. WTF? It was dangerous on the 64-bit systems but not the 32-bit? Perhaps it looked like a 64-bit virus.
But all this was a little inconvenient. Is there some way to override this behaviour? Just in case I have the same problem at a future point. I know I could install a 3rd-party zip program, but that would be my last choice.
(*) The file was an image-copy of an installation tape for a compiler for a 1960s operating system running on long-obsolete hardware, mailed by a reputable source. Hardly an actual risk.
(**) "I'm sorry dave, I can't let you do that".
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