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    I've written a small program using Visual Studio 2019. It is a Visual Basic Windows Forms application. I have no issues running it from Visual Studio. It publishes without errors. If I try to use the Setup.exe that was generated, I am met with an "Application Install - Security Warning" window that tells me that "Your administrator has blocked this application because it potentially poses a security risk to your computer." This is on the same Windows 10 computer that the code was generated on.

    I would like to be able to take the SETUP.EXE that was generated and install my application on some of my other PC's.

    Why is this happening? What can I do in my Project to correct this and publish a usable SETUP.EXE file?

    I am aware that there are registry edits that I could do on my PC that would allow the setup program to work, but I don't want to have to alter settings to get my project to install. I would rather correct the issue in the publishing stage of my project to allow SETUP.EXE to run as any other installer would.

    Thank you!



    Tuesday, October 13, 2020 8:20 AM

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    Hi Calab,

    Thank you for posting here.

    Since your question is more related to setup.exe when installing winform application, you can consider posting your question on windows-forms(Q&A) forum for more efficient responses.

    Thank you for your understanding.

    Best Regards,

    Xingyu Zhao

    MSDN Community Support
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    Wednesday, October 14, 2020 6:14 AM
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    This is not about the SETUP.EXE... It is about using Visual Studio to CREATE a SETUP.EXE that actually works.

    Please move this thread to the appropriate Visual Studio forum if my post did not belong in the original one, as I don't have the ability to do so.

    • Edited by Calab Wednesday, October 14, 2020 2:54 PM
    Wednesday, October 14, 2020 2:53 PM
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    We cannot move it. The MSDN/TechNet forums are closing. New discussions are now on QnA

    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/products/vs

    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/products/windows#application-developers

     

     


    Regards, Dave Patrick ....
    Microsoft Certified Professional
    Microsoft MVP [Windows Server] Datacenter Management

    Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties or guarantees, and confers no rights.



    Wednesday, October 14, 2020 3:02 PM