BUG: You cannot start a managed standard PE file through HTTPS from a secure Web server

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Create a simple "Hello World" Visual Basic .NET Windows application and name the application Helloworld.exe.
2. Use XCOPY deployment to install the project files to a Web server.
3. Create a Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) page that contains a link to the managed executable file, for example:

   <A HREF = "https://yourserver/helloworld.exe">Test managed executable</A>
   					

4. Make sure that the Web server is enabled for Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) connection.
5. Start Internet Explorer and go to the HTML page. Click the hyperlink to start Helloworld.exe.Expected behavior
   Helloworld.exe starts correctly.
   Actual behavior
   
   One of the following may occur instead of the expected behavior:
   Internet Explorer shuts down and the managed Helloworld.exe file runs.
   
   -or-
   
   The managed .exe file stops responding and reports the exception "System.IO.FileNotFoundException" in IEExec.exe.

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