Windows installer requires admin privileges and is not signed

[allisterb]

Application or Package Used
nteract desktop

Describe the bug
The nteract executable installer for Windows is not signed and requires admin privileges. It gets blocked from running by default by SmartScreen. Although the SmartScreen filter can be bypassed Windows users should not run unsigned binaries that require admin access from untrusted sources. Users on a network may have a policy disallowing SmartScreen bypass or running apps that require admin access which means they can't install nteract at all.

To Reproduce
Run the latest Windows installer

Expected behavior
Most other Electron apps I've seen don't require admin privileges to install as they install into a folder in the user's profile where they can be easily updated. I extracted the app64.7z archive from the installer and ran nteract from the files there and it seems to work fine.

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: Windows
• Version 22

Additional context
Unless absolutely needed the nteract installer shouldn't require admin privileges. Otherwise it should be signed.

I saw there are other issues filed for this but they've all gone stale.

[puetsch]

Same here. I tried running the .zip file for download from the webpage (nteract-0.22.4-win), but it only displayed the splash screen and an Python error and then stalled.

[jasonrwang]

The .zip file worked fine for me, but I also have a separate Jupyter and Python system set up through miniconda. It seems like your error comes from not finding Python, but I'm not entirely certain.