"unknown publisher" under Windows Vista

[Chris Sheffield]

I know. It drives me nuts! Unfortunately my company has to support  
it, or I probably wouldn't even bother.

On Mar 23, 2007, at 11:17 AM, Devin Asay wrote:

>
> 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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Chris Sheffield
Read Naturally
The Fluency Company
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