How To Send An Executable (exe) File In Gmail

In this tutorial I will show you how to send an executable file using Gmail. Normally, due to Gmail’s security policies, you will be unable to send an executable file which is actually a good thing due to obvious reasons. However, there are many times when you will want to send one. Zipping the file won’t work as Gmail will still see that there is a .exe inside, so the simple thing to do is remove the .exe from the end of the file name.
Lets say that I want to send a ChromeSetup.exe file to a friend. If I attach it and then try to send it, I will get the following error:
Now if I try to zip (compress) the file and then send it, I will get another error message:

The simple way around this is to just remove the .exe from the file name. So if the file I am trying to send is called ChromeSetup.exe, I would simply right click on the file and select Rename and then delete the .exe from the file so it is now called ChromeSetup
When you do this, Windows will give you a warning about changing the file name extension as shown below. Just click Yes
Now you will be able to attach the file and send it to your friend or colleague. When they receive the email with the attachment, all they will have to do is re-add the .exe extension and the program will be fine. They will of course get the warning message again about changing the file extension as shown above.
If the receiver of the attachment is an Outlook user, then Windows will rename the file with a .dat extension. Just delete that extension and change the .dat to .exe
That’s it.