"unknown publisher" under Windows Vista

Devin Asay devin_asay at byu.edu
Fri Mar 23 13:17:46 EDT 2007


On Mar 23, 2007, at 11:03 AM, Chris Sheffield wrote:

> After building my standalone, which is sort of a launcher app for  
> my main installer, and running it under Windows Vista, I get the  
> security warning that tells me the publisher for the exe is  
> unknown. Anyone know how I can make it "known"? As far as I can  
> tell, I've filled in all the pertinent information in the  
> standalone builder, but nothing seems to take care of the problem.  
> I noticed that Rev's latest installer does not produce this  
> warning, as the publisher appears to be "known". I've looked at the  
> properties for my exe and for the Rev installer and, as far as I  
> can tell, they've both got the same information. Theirs produces  
> the normal "A program needs your permissions to continue" dialog,  
> while mean produces a "An unidentified program wants access to your  
> computer" dialog.
>
> Anyone run into this? I get this warning with other applications I  
> use, mostly those that are older and haven't yet been updated for  
> Vista.

"You are pointing out Vista's flaws. Cancel or Allow?"

Sorry, couldn't resist. :-)

DNA



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