How To Solve Error 'This app has been blocked for your protection'

With Windows 10, Microsoft Corporation has introduced an array of new security features which are meant to keep the OS and user files safe from any sort of intrusion. However, some of these security systems sometimes overstep their bounds. This can include interfering in the execution of programs which shouldn’t necessarily be flagged, and disallowing them to run.
For security concerns, when users install apps from unknown publishers in Windows 10, they won’t be able to proceed ahead. windows block the app installation with Error like

  "This App Has Been Blocked For Your Protection" and some more information  "An administrator has blocked you from running this app. For more information, contact the administrator".



The error occurs when you’re trying to install software or any setup.exe or some .exe applications.

 This is because Windows 10 immediately blocks the installation of those apps, which it believe could harm your machine. So until you don’t have administrator privileges, you can no longer install the program/app due to this error:

What is causing This App Has Been Blocked For Your Protection Error?

The Real Issue behind this Error is the Smartscreen Protection in Windows 10 which is enabled by Default. By Enabling Administrator account and Logging in to it will Disable it. But There is more to it, We will be Sharing 3 Different ways to solve this issue. So lets get Started.

Well, Windows 10 has inbuilt Administrator account which is blocking you to install the App/Program. This Administrator user account is Hidden and Disabled. We will Simply Enable it to Fix This App Has Been Blocked For Your Protection error.

 Fix 'This app has been blocked for your protection'
If you are sure that the application is safe and was received from reliable sources, you can bypass this notification and run/install the application.
Enabling Administrator Account.

 Open Command Prompt by Searching it or Right Click on Start Button and Click Command Prompt (Admin).


This will open command prompt with Admin rights. now Type command :

net user administrator /active:yes

Presse Enter will see Command Completed Successfully just like below Picture.



Now Close Command Prompt and Click on Start, Then Right Click on your User Account(Located at Top Left) then click Sign out.

 You should be on Login Screen by now, So log in to Administrator account which we enabled in



 You can now see the Desktop, Simply Navigate to the .exe file and double click it. You won't see any error this time. now that you have Installed your Required Program, you will again need to Log in to your Regular User account and Disable the Administrator User account. Ok so now you should be logged in to your Regular account. Open Command prompt and type in "net user administrator /active:no" and hit Enter.

That is it. Close the Command prompt. This should Most probably Fix the issue

Disabling Smart Screen  
 you can disable the Smart screen Filter to install the application Error free To disable Smart screen :
Search for Control Panel and Open it.Now in Control Panel Window, Search for "Smartscreen"
Click "Change Smartscreen Settings" Under Security & Maintenance.
Click on Security for see Drop Down Options.Scroll Down and Click "Change Settings" for Windows Smartscreen.



Now Select Don't do anything(Turn off Windows Smartscreen) and Click OK.
So in this method we did the same thing just in a different way. Now try and Execute the File which was showing you This App Has Been Blocked For Your Protection. It must be gone for good now.

Open Command Prompt and Try installing

Goto the Folder where your NETGEARGenie-install.exe file is located and causing error, Lets say you are trying to run Photoshop.exe and its located in D:\Setup\NETGEARGenie-install.exe.

So as per the above example you will navigate to D drive, Click on Setup folder, don't open it.
Hold Shift key and Right Click on "Setup" Folder, in the context menu you will see open Command Window here, Click on it.



Command Prompt will pop up at the location D:\Setup, No simply type NETGEARGenie-install.exe and hit enter, this will not show you This app has been blocked for your protection error.

Hope This Steps Will help to fix this Problem,  Let us know which method you used to fix it in the comments below. Have any query comment bellow , Send us your computer and windows related question to [email protected] we will try our best to give you the best solution.