Unknown Publisher for Windows Installer Package

[Charles Zhang]

I used Visual Studio 2005 to create a "Windows Installer Package". When
I ran the package on a Windows XP computer, I got a warning -- "Unknown
publisher".

My question is: what steps do I need to take to get rid of the warning?
I do not want to my customers to warnings like this.

Thanks

Charles Zhang

[Linda Liu [MSFT]]

Hi Charles,

You've mentionded that you used Visual Studio 2005 to create a "Windows
Installer Package". Do you mean you create a Setup project in VS2005?

I have performed tests on Windows Server 2003 and Vista, and I didn't see
the problem--warning about 'Unknown Publisher' in my tests. I will perform
a test on Windows XP later.

As for your question about how to get rid of the warning, I think you may
have a try signing your 'Windows Installer Package' with a certificate
using the 'signtool' .NET Framework command and then store the certificate
to the client machine.

Hope this helps.
Sincerely,
Linda Liu
Microsoft Online Community Support

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[Charles Zhang]

Thank you very much for your response.

I think you did not get 'Unknown Publisher' warning because you
installed it on the same computer as it was built.

But you did point to me the right direction to get rid of the warning.

Charles Zhang
Linda Liu [MSFT] wrote:

Hi Charles,

You've mentionded that you used Visual Studio 2005 to create a "Windows
Installer Package". Do you mean you create a Setup project in VS2005?

I have performed tests on Windows Server 2003 and Vista, and I didn't see
the problem--warning about 'Unknown Publisher' in my tests. I will perform
a test on Windows XP later.

As for your question about how to get rid of the warning, I think you may
have a try signing your 'Windows Installer Package' with a certificate
using the 'signtool' .NET Framework command and then store the certificate
to the client machine.

Hope this helps.
Sincerely,
Linda Liu
Microsoft Online Community Support

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