Ways to make a file more trustworthy (Signing, submitting to microsoft)

[kaltinril]

Seems like there are really 3 things.

1. (Chapter 1) unblocking the zip (Fixes the issue)
2. (Chapter 2-5) signing (Doesn't actually fix the warning, but does show the publisher name instead of unknown)
3. (Chapter 6) Submitting to Microsoft (unsure what it will actually do)

I've put everything into a doc for you
How to Sign a file.docx

[vchelaru]

Thank you for researching this. I'm going to (currently) postpone working on this because:

1. It seems to be fairly complicated - at least there are many steps
2. There is no guarantee that all of this work will have any impact on the "windows protected your PC" popup. Gum is not super popular so it's possible (likely?) that Microsoft will not accept the certificate and remove that popup.

I'll keep this issue open for now and we can revisit it later.

[kaltinril]

Other ways....

Looks like you can also do Windows Installer (If you have a non "express" version of Visual Studio)

Or

You can use the ClickOnce installer (Probably this option)

Click Once
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/deployment/clickonce-security-and-deployment?view=vs-2022

Windows Installer
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/deployment/installer-projects-net-core?view=vs-2022

[vchelaru]

@kaltinril are any of these options something you'd be comfortable trying?