System Variable TRUSTEDPATHS

Specifies which folders are trusted to load and run executable files from them.

Values

Valid string specifications include:

• The file types listed below are loaded from the specified folders, if the variable is set to one or more folder paths in quotes and separated by semicolons.
• All subfolders of a specified location are trusted if the parent folder specification ends with a backslash and three dots (\...).
• No trusted folder paths in addition to the implicitly trusted ones are specified, if the variable is set to an empty string ("") or a period (".").

Implicitly trusted folder paths are:

• C:\Program Files
• C:\Program Files (x86)
• The folder which contains the binary files of the application
• The application data roaming folder for the software and version you use (%AppData%\<software_name>)

Malicious code can be included in files of the following types:

• .tx, .frx (C++ plugin files)
• .lsp, .mnl (Lisp files, Menu Lisp files)
• .scr files (script files)
• .net assemblies
• .dll files (dynamic link libraries)
• startup.rx file

Properties