Windows Defender SmartScreen blocks app

[KR155E]

On the first run on Windows 10, Windows Defender SmartScreen complains about the app being unknown, and prevents it from being started. (Sorry, screenshot in German.)

[cr1901]

@KR155E Hmmm, interesting... for various reasons I only have Windows 7 installed (and upgrading isn't really possible at present).

There isn't a "run anyway" button that comes with this warning? I only see a "Don't run" button in your screenshot.

Anyways, this is indeed a problem, and I'm unsure how to fix it. I guess maybe Windows doesn't like me trying to use hid.dll without a code-signing certificate (which I can't afford :D)...

[KR155E]

Clicking on "Weitere Informationen" ("More Information") reveals another button to run the program. After clicking it, the warning does no longer appear on following runs, so it's not that much of a problem. :-)

[cr1901]

@KR155E I will keep this open for now, at some point in the near-to-medium future I will upgrade my current machine and will be running Windoze 10. Then, I'll be able to see if I can duplicate your issue :).

[KR155E]

Cool, thanks!

[cr1901]

In the meantime, I think the best thing to do is just add a warning about this screen, and that a user will need to click "More information" and then "Run anyway" to run this program initially.

From talking w/ ppl on IRC, there is little I can personally do about this issue.

[KR155E]

As a follow-up, I'd like to note that I haven't experienced this issue again. Switched to a new Win10 machine a few months ago and had no issues whatsoever.

[cr1901]

Gonna close this then. Thanks for the follow up!