New Windows Installers for Testing

[Kornel Benko]

Am Mon, 8 Jun 2020 18:58:18 +0200
schrieb Yu Jin <technikmagma at gmail.com>:

>  Am Mo., 8. Juni 2020 um 18:00 Uhr schrieb Richard Kimberly Heck <
> rikiheck at lyx.org>:
> 
> > On 6/8/20 11:19 AM, Thibaut Cuvelier wrote:
> > > Dear list,
> > >
> > > I just tried this installer. It looks like it's missing a kind of
> > > signature:
> >
> > Does this also happen with the 'official' LyX installer? If not, I
> > wonder why not?
> >
> 
> Yeah this happens on any software which is not known to Windows (from what
> the web says
> <https://windowsreport.com/windows-defender-smartscreen-unrecognized-app/>).
> Programs, which not many users use (however Microsoft gets that data) are
> considered insecure, this prompt will stop showing up eventually when
> enough users run the installer. It will also not appear when you want to
> run it a second time after you clicked on "run anyway" on previous
> execution. FYI I just downloaded the official installer and got this prompt
> when trying to run it for the first time.
> 
> > Also, when starting the installer, it complained that LyX was already
> open, even though it was just a development version. I suppose that this
> check should be performed much later, i.e. just when actually starting the
> installation: is the LyX version installed in that folder already started?
> 
> Ok, your feedback has reached me, I will see what I can do there.
> 
> Eugene

You could use versioned lyx for the devel version.
(I suppose you are using the same name for both executables?)
OTOH, I may as well not understand what's going on.

	Kornel
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